Steve Fielding (Victoria, Family First Party) Share this | Hansard source

Anyone who has been following the discussions and debate on the Petroleum Retail Legislation Repeal Bill 2006 will know that Family First cannot support such a bill. We all understand that the current regulations are outdated and need to be replaced with something that allows the intent of the original regulations we had where you allowed competition to be open and controlled, such that the big oil companies could not control and operate so many of the petrol sites. Quite clearly this bill, if it proceeds as it is, will pull the rug out from under the independents, which will not serve Australian families well. It will not keep prices down and Family First cannot support it.