Statements
Question to PM on Tassie petrol and LPG prices
The Independent Member for Denison, Andrew Wilkie, will ask the Prime Minister the following in Question Time today.
“Prime Minister you’ve intervened in the gas market, directed ASIC to look at electricity prices, and announced an expansion of the Snowy Hydro scheme.
“But there remains one big energy problem, the absurd difference in the price of petrol and LPG in Tasmania compared with the mainland.
“This difference is often in the tens of cents per litre and can’t be explained by Bass Strait costs alone.
“Prime Minister surely energy security and affordability is too important to leave to the market.
“What will you do about this? Will you intervene and help ordinary Tasmanians in a way no Prime Minister has ever done before?”
WHEN: Approximately 2:15pm TODAY 30 March
WHERE: House of Representatives (watch live at http://www.aph.gov.au/News_and_Events/Watch_Parliament)
Andrew Wilkie, Independent MP for Denison