Page 3474 - Week 11 - Thursday, 14 October 1993
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Mrs Carnell: He is just going to send them broke.
MR DE DOMENICO: He is just going to send them broke; that is right. Let us have a look at the situation. As Mr Humphries said, under a Federal Liberal government, whether these people over here like it or whether they do not, it would have been 26c a litre cheaper.
Ms Ellis: It was not just us.
MR DE DOMENICO: I am glad that Ms Ellis interjects. She says, "It was not just us". You are right, Ms Ellis, because it was - - -
Mr Lamont: You cannot slither out from this one.
MR DE DOMENICO: Let me attempt to slither out, as you say, Mr Lamont. Who was it who rammed through the Federal Parliament the 5c per litre increase - and more, if you use unleaded fuel? Let us have a guess at who rammed that through the Federal Cabinet. It was the Federal member for Canberra, the Minister for the Environment. She is the one who said, gung ho, "We have to increase the price of petrol". Do you know why? I actually had a look at her briefing notes. They said, "Recommended way of you trying to sell this, Mrs Kelly: Tell them about the fact that all kids are going to suffer brain damage". But when we have a look at a report prepared by Mr Connolly's Department of Urban Services, it says that, notwithstanding what Mrs Kelly bleated all over the countryside, in fact the ACT is miles and miles below the recommended average. Guess where it was even better than that. In Mrs Kelly's supposed new electorate in Tuggeranong.
Mr Lamont: Mr Deputy Speaker, I take a point of order. I refer you to standing order 62 in relation to relevance.
MR DEPUTY SPEAKER: This matter is, I think, on a question of petrol franchise fees, Mr Lamont.
Mr Lamont: No, it is not. With respect, Mr Deputy Speaker, the question before the house is one of - - -
MR DE DOMENICO: It hurts, does it not, Mr Lamont? The truth hurts, does it not?
Mr Lamont: No, it certainly does not. The question is the disallowance of table 1 of Determination No. 122 of 1993. The tedious repetition and irrelevance of Mr De Domenico's comments should be ruled out, pursuant to standing order 62.
MR DEPUTY SPEAKER: I do not rule that there is tedious repetition. I am sure that Mr De Domenico will be getting back onto the matter after a slight digression.
MR DE DOMENICO: There is no doubt whatsoever about that, Mr Deputy Speaker. We have here a situation where we have the Federal Labor Government and the local ACT Labor Government, in a sweep of the pen in the same year, increasing the price of petrol to the ACT community. It was not done by Liberal governments. The Federal Labor Government and the ACT Government are increasing the price of petrol and diesel fuel for the ACT community. I will get back onto diesel fuel in a minute.
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