Richard Colbeck (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Finance and Administration) Share this | Hansard source

As I have said to Senator Joyce, there are no percentages in the Fuel Quality Standards Act. The product that is sold as diesel needs to meet the standards described within the act. Five per cent is a figure that is being used as about the place where that volume of biodiesel blended with mineral diesel still meets the standard for diesel under the Fuel Quality Standards Act 2000. If you were to go to a B10 blend or a B20 blend, those products would not meet that standard.