Joe Ludwig (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry) Share this | Hansard source

I know Senator Williams continues to try to work through a smear campaign, so he has moved out of the portfolio of climate change and gone straight into transport, which is under Minister Albanese's portfolio. It is not one I represent, but to the extent that he was referring to emissions standards for vehicles—a transport issue—I am happy to address the issues dealing with their fear campaign on the carbon price. One would have thought they would have given up by now, but I will continue. Those in the heavy on-road vehicles sector will be exempt for the first two years, but the government intends to bring them into the system by 2014-15. So fuel tax credits entitlements will not change— (Time expired)