❓ Mr Barron-Sullivan questions Premier Gallop on his pre-election promise to reduce the petrol price gap between country and metropolitan areas, citing price discrepancies between Perth and Albany. Premier Gallop defends his government's actions, claiming a reduction in the price gap and criticising the previous government's inaction.
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I refer the Premier to his pre-election commitment to kill the gap between the price of petrol in country areas and that in the metropolitan area. (1) Is the Premier aware that motorists in Perth today are buying fuel for 87.2c a litre? (2) Is the Premier aware that the average fuel price today in Albany is 102.3c a litre? The Premier can write this down: motorists in Albany are paying 15.1c a litre more for petrol than motorists in Perth. (3) When will the Premier meet his election commitment to kill the gap? Dr G.I. GALLOP
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(1)-(3) I have learnt that arguments can never be made based on the claims made in Parliament by members of the Liberal Party when they refer to statistics because they always get the statistics wrong. I am advised that as a result of the policies this Government has introduced, including FuelWatch and the sign boards that have been introduced throughout regional Western Australia, the gap between the price of petrol in the metropolitan area and Albany has been reduced by 4c a litre. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Dr G.I. GALLOP: The Government intervened in the market place to bring about that reduction. What did members opposite do during the eight years when they were in government? This Government has delivered a reduction in the price gap. The difference between the price of fuel in the metropolitan area and Albany is 4c a litre. I do not have the figures for petrol prices from other parts of the State available. However, I am sure that the Minister for Consumer and Employment Protection can provide those figures. This is another example of the Liberal and National Parties going on about rural and regional Western Australia, yet they never delivered. Rural and regional people know that if they want things delivered, a Labor Government must be in office.
(1) Is the Premier aware that motorists in Perth today are buying fuel for 87.2c a litre? (2) Is the Premier aware that the average fuel price today in Albany is 102.3c a litre? The Premier can write this down: motorists in Albany are paying 15.1c a litre more for petrol than motorists in Perth. (3) When will the Premier meet his election commitment to kill the gap? Dr G.I. GALLOP replied: (1)-(3) I have learnt that arguments can never be made based on the claims made in Parliament by members of the Liberal Party when they refer to statistics because they always get the statistics wrong. I am advised that as a result of the policies this Government has introduced, including FuelWatch and the sign boards that have been introduced throughout regional Western Australia, the gap between the price of petrol in the metropolitan area and Albany has been reduced by 4c a litre. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Dr G.I. GALLOP: The Government intervened in the market place to bring about that reduction. What did members opposite do during the eight years when they were in government? This Government has delivered a reduction in the price gap. The difference between the price of fuel in the metropolitan area and Albany is 4c a litre. I do not have the figures for petrol prices from other parts of the State available. However, I am sure that the Minister for Consumer and Employment Protection can provide those figures. This is another example of the Liberal and National Parties going on about rural and regional Western Australia, yet they never delivered. Rural and regional people know that if they want things delivered, a Labor Government must be in office.
(2) Is the Premier aware that the average fuel price today in Albany is 102.3c a litre? The Premier can write this down: motorists in Albany are paying 15.1c a litre more for petrol than motorists in Perth. (3) When will the Premier meet his election commitment to kill the gap? Dr G.I. GALLOP replied: (1)-(3) I have learnt that arguments can never be made based on the claims made in Parliament by members of the Liberal Party when they refer to statistics because they always get the statistics wrong. I am advised that as a result of the policies this Government has introduced, including FuelWatch and the sign boards that have been introduced throughout regional Western Australia, the gap between the price of petrol in the metropolitan area and Albany has been reduced by 4c a litre. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Dr G.I. GALLOP: The Government intervened in the market place to bring about that reduction. What did members opposite do during the eight years when they were in government? This Government has delivered a reduction in the price gap. The difference between the price of fuel in the metropolitan area and Albany is 4c a litre. I do not have the figures for petrol prices from other parts of the State available. However, I am sure that the Minister for Consumer and Employment Protection can provide those figures. This is another example of the Liberal and National Parties going on about rural and regional Western Australia, yet they never delivered. Rural and regional people know that if they want things delivered, a Labor Government must be in office.
Dr G.I. GALLOP replied: (1)-(3) I have learnt that arguments can never be made based on the claims made in Parliament by members of the Liberal Party when they refer to statistics because they always get the statistics wrong. I am advised that as a result of the policies this Government has introduced, including FuelWatch and the sign boards that have been introduced throughout regional Western Australia, the gap between the price of petrol in the metropolitan area and Albany has been reduced by 4c a litre. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Dr G.I. GALLOP: The Government intervened in the market place to bring about that reduction. What did members opposite do during the eight years when they were in government? This Government has delivered a reduction in the price gap. The difference between the price of fuel in the metropolitan area and Albany is 4c a litre. I do not have the figures for petrol prices from other parts of the State available. However, I am sure that the Minister for Consumer and Employment Protection can provide those figures. This is another example of the Liberal and National Parties going on about rural and regional Western Australia, yet they never delivered. Rural and regional people know that if they want things delivered, a Labor Government must be in office.
(1)-(3) I have learnt that arguments can never be made based on the claims made in Parliament by members of the Liberal Party when they refer to statistics because they always get the statistics wrong. I am advised that as a result of the policies this Government has introduced, including FuelWatch and the sign boards that have been introduced throughout regional Western Australia, the gap between the price of petrol in the metropolitan area and Albany has been reduced by 4c a litre. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Dr G.I. GALLOP: The Government intervened in the market place to bring about that reduction. What did members opposite do during the eight years when they were in government? This Government has delivered a reduction in the price gap. The difference between the price of fuel in the metropolitan area and Albany is 4c a litre. I do not have the figures for petrol prices from other parts of the State available. However, I am sure that the Minister for Consumer and Employment Protection can provide those figures. This is another example of the Liberal and National Parties going on about rural and regional Western Australia, yet they never delivered. Rural and regional people know that if they want things delivered, a Labor Government must be in office.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Dr G.I. GALLOP: The Government intervened in the market place to bring about that reduction. What did members opposite do during the eight years when they were in government? This Government has delivered a reduction in the price gap. The difference between the price of fuel in the metropolitan area and Albany is 4c a litre. I do not have the figures for petrol prices from other parts of the State available. However, I am sure that the Minister for Consumer and Employment Protection can provide those figures. This is another example of the Liberal and National Parties going on about rural and regional Western Australia, yet they never delivered. Rural and regional people know that if they want things delivered, a Labor Government must be in office.
The SPEAKER: Order, members! Dr G.I. GALLOP: The Government intervened in the market place to bring about that reduction. What did members opposite do during the eight years when they were in government? This Government has delivered a reduction in the price gap. The difference between the price of fuel in the metropolitan area and Albany is 4c a litre. I do not have the figures for petrol prices from other parts of the State available. However, I am sure that the Minister for Consumer and Employment Protection can provide those figures. This is another example of the Liberal and National Parties going on about rural and regional Western Australia, yet they never delivered. Rural and regional people know that if they want things delivered, a Labor Government must be in office.
Dr G.I. GALLOP: The Government intervened in the market place to bring about that reduction. What did members opposite do during the eight years when they were in government? This Government has delivered a reduction in the price gap. The difference between the price of fuel in the metropolitan area and Albany is 4c a litre. I do not have the figures for petrol prices from other parts of the State available. However, I am sure that the Minister for Consumer and Employment Protection can provide those figures. This is another example of the Liberal and National Parties going on about rural and regional Western Australia, yet they never delivered. Rural and regional people know that if they want things delivered, a Labor Government must be in office.
(1) Is the Premier aware that motorists in Perth today are buying fuel for 87.2c a litre? (2) Is the Premier aware that the average fuel price today in Albany is 102.3c a litre? The Premier can write this down: motorists in Albany are paying 15.1c a litre more for petrol than motorists in Perth. (3) When will the Premier meet his election commitment to kill the gap? Dr G.I. GALLOP replied: (1)-(3) I have learnt that arguments can never be made based on the claims made in Parliament by members of the Liberal Party when they refer to statistics because they always get the statistics wrong. I am advised that as a result of the policies this Government has introduced, including FuelWatch and the sign boards that have been introduced throughout regional Western Australia, the gap between the price of petrol in the metropolitan area and Albany has been reduced by 4c a litre. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Dr G.I. GALLOP: The Government intervened in the market place to bring about that reduction. What did members opposite do during the eight years when they were in government? This Government has delivered a reduction in the price gap. The difference between the price of fuel in the metropolitan area and Albany is 4c a litre. I do not have the figures for petrol prices from other parts of the State available. However, I am sure that the Minister for Consumer and Employment Protection can provide those figures. This is another example of the Liberal and National Parties going on about rural and regional Western Australia, yet they never delivered. Rural and regional people know that if they want things delivered, a Labor Government must be in office.
(2) Is the Premier aware that the average fuel price today in Albany is 102.3c a litre? The Premier can write this down: motorists in Albany are paying 15.1c a litre more for petrol than motorists in Perth. (3) When will the Premier meet his election commitment to kill the gap? Dr G.I. GALLOP replied: (1)-(3) I have learnt that arguments can never be made based on the claims made in Parliament by members of the Liberal Party when they refer to statistics because they always get the statistics wrong. I am advised that as a result of the policies this Government has introduced, including FuelWatch and the sign boards that have been introduced throughout regional Western Australia, the gap between the price of petrol in the metropolitan area and Albany has been reduced by 4c a litre. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Dr G.I. GALLOP: The Government intervened in the market place to bring about that reduction. What did members opposite do during the eight years when they were in government? This Government has delivered a reduction in the price gap. The difference between the price of fuel in the metropolitan area and Albany is 4c a litre. I do not have the figures for petrol prices from other parts of the State available. However, I am sure that the Minister for Consumer and Employment Protection can provide those figures. This is another example of the Liberal and National Parties going on about rural and regional Western Australia, yet they never delivered. Rural and regional people know that if they want things delivered, a Labor Government must be in office.
Dr G.I. GALLOP replied: (1)-(3) I have learnt that arguments can never be made based on the claims made in Parliament by members of the Liberal Party when they refer to statistics because they always get the statistics wrong. I am advised that as a result of the policies this Government has introduced, including FuelWatch and the sign boards that have been introduced throughout regional Western Australia, the gap between the price of petrol in the metropolitan area and Albany has been reduced by 4c a litre. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Dr G.I. GALLOP: The Government intervened in the market place to bring about that reduction. What did members opposite do during the eight years when they were in government? This Government has delivered a reduction in the price gap. The difference between the price of fuel in the metropolitan area and Albany is 4c a litre. I do not have the figures for petrol prices from other parts of the State available. However, I am sure that the Minister for Consumer and Employment Protection can provide those figures. This is another example of the Liberal and National Parties going on about rural and regional Western Australia, yet they never delivered. Rural and regional people know that if they want things delivered, a Labor Government must be in office.
(1)-(3) I have learnt that arguments can never be made based on the claims made in Parliament by members of the Liberal Party when they refer to statistics because they always get the statistics wrong. I am advised that as a result of the policies this Government has introduced, including FuelWatch and the sign boards that have been introduced throughout regional Western Australia, the gap between the price of petrol in the metropolitan area and Albany has been reduced by 4c a litre. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Dr G.I. GALLOP: The Government intervened in the market place to bring about that reduction. What did members opposite do during the eight years when they were in government? This Government has delivered a reduction in the price gap. The difference between the price of fuel in the metropolitan area and Albany is 4c a litre. I do not have the figures for petrol prices from other parts of the State available. However, I am sure that the Minister for Consumer and Employment Protection can provide those figures. This is another example of the Liberal and National Parties going on about rural and regional Western Australia, yet they never delivered. Rural and regional people know that if they want things delivered, a Labor Government must be in office.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Dr G.I. GALLOP: The Government intervened in the market place to bring about that reduction. What did members opposite do during the eight years when they were in government? This Government has delivered a reduction in the price gap. The difference between the price of fuel in the metropolitan area and Albany is 4c a litre. I do not have the figures for petrol prices from other parts of the State available. However, I am sure that the Minister for Consumer and Employment Protection can provide those figures. This is another example of the Liberal and National Parties going on about rural and regional Western Australia, yet they never delivered. Rural and regional people know that if they want things delivered, a Labor Government must be in office.
The SPEAKER: Order, members! Dr G.I. GALLOP: The Government intervened in the market place to bring about that reduction. What did members opposite do during the eight years when they were in government? This Government has delivered a reduction in the price gap. The difference between the price of fuel in the metropolitan area and Albany is 4c a litre. I do not have the figures for petrol prices from other parts of the State available. However, I am sure that the Minister for Consumer and Employment Protection can provide those figures. This is another example of the Liberal and National Parties going on about rural and regional Western Australia, yet they never delivered. Rural and regional people know that if they want things delivered, a Labor Government must be in office.
Dr G.I. GALLOP: The Government intervened in the market place to bring about that reduction. What did members opposite do during the eight years when they were in government? This Government has delivered a reduction in the price gap. The difference between the price of fuel in the metropolitan area and Albany is 4c a litre. I do not have the figures for petrol prices from other parts of the State available. However, I am sure that the Minister for Consumer and Employment Protection can provide those figures. This is another example of the Liberal and National Parties going on about rural and regional Western Australia, yet they never delivered. Rural and regional people know that if they want things delivered, a Labor Government must be in office.
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