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

Thanks, Senator Van. I can't say I'm familiar with the exact details of your bill, but I'll undertake to go and have a good look at that. I certainly am not aware of any plan from the government to support that bill. Technically it does fall under another minister, being the Treasurer. I'm happy to get you some advice on that. But it's very clear that this government wants to support the introduction of as many low-emission vehicles into the Australian fleet as possible. Obviously we already have a range of tax incentives in place to assist Australians to take up lower-emission vehicles more than we've seen in the past. That will be good for household budgets, as I was saying. It'll also be good for the environment in terms of bringing down emissions.

It is unfortunate that, even after all this time, we still see the coalition refusing to support those kinds of things. They had a failed go at it when they were in government. They continue to fail on this matter now that they're in opposition. They're not serious about helping Australians with cost-of-living pressures. We see them vote against initiative after initiative, including this one.