Govt spends $2.6m promoting LPG conversions
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In response today to a question on notice, Industry Minister Ian Macfarlane said that, as of September 19, the government had spent just over $2.6 million advertising its LPG conversion program in newspapers and on radio.
There had been no television ads promoting the scheme, he said.
Beneficiaries of the advertising splurge included the Eden Imlay Magnet, the Wee Waa News, the Mortlake Dispatch, the Dimboola Banner and the Pittsworth Sentinel, along with the major metropolitan newspapers.
The government also took its message to the airwaves, advertising on radio stations in capital cities and regional centres.
The scheme gives motorists a $2,000 subsidy to convert petrol vehicles to LPG, in an effort to ease the impact of high oil prices and encourage alternative fuels.
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