One Nation angers miners after rookie MP sides with Greens on fuel rebates

One Nation is under pressure to clarify its position on fuel tax credits after its rookie MP voted to wind back the rebates, a position opposed by mining and farming groups. The Farrer MP, David Farley , sided with the Greens and teal independents in a lower-house vote to cap the scheme, which refunds miners, farmers and other industries that use heavy machinery the 52.6c a litre excise applied to petrol and diesel. The amendment – which was moved by the Bradfield MP, Nicolette Boele – was defeated after Labor and the Coalition rejected it. Farley’s stance endorses a position that the Minerals Council of Australia (MCA) and National Farmers Federation (NFF) have labelled an attack on farmers, miners and truck drivers – constituencies One Nation claims to represent. Sign up for the Breaking News Australia email The MCA chief executive, Tania Constable, whose organisation this week launched a new campaign to protect the scheme from “noisy activists” , said Farley’s position on the vote was “really disappointing”. “David Farley is a regional member and it was his first big opportunity to show what he’s made of, and he voted against regional Australia,” Constable told Sky News. “He voted against the farmers, the fishers, the construction industry. He voted against the miners. …