Lisa Chesters (Bendigo, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

Thank you. I remind the Deputy Speaker that I am speaking in relation to the resumption of indexation of the fuel excise to the consumer price index, which is part of the government's own October 2014 red tape repeal documents. These are the documents that the government is bringing before the House and contain their great charade around red tape repeal. Perhaps the Speaker and members of the government do not like me talking about the fuel excise because of the impact that it will have on regional communities. If they have their own Facebook pages, they have probably exploded in outrage—like my page has in the last 24 hours—at the increase of the fuel excise and how that is going to impact on our families.

Fuel prices are high in regional Victoria, higher in regional Australia, which is—

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