Andrew Gee (Calare, Independent) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

My question is to the Treasurer. Petrol prices in Mudgee have been disgracefully high for way too long. They're consistently 30c to 40c per litre higher than in other parts of our region, and sometimes even higher than that. The ACCC is not acting. Will you and your government take action to stop this outrageous price gouging that's being perpetrated by fuel companies in a cost-of-living crisis?

Jim Chalmers (Rankin, Australian Labor Party, Treasurer) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Thank you to the honourable member for his question. I'm happy to take that up with the ACCC. The ACCC does have an important role when it comes to monitoring petrol prices. We do know from time to time there is a risk that petrol stations, particularly in the regions, can do the wrong thing. Where they're doing the wrong thing, we should be reporting them to the ACCC to make sure that it isn't happening.