Labor's been sent into damage control over embarrassing comments made by a senior minister about its national FuelWatch scheme.
Energy Minister Martin Ferguson wrote a letter to colleagues last month, saying the policy is anti-competitive and wouldn't help working families.
However the Resources Minister has been pulled into line and now says he supports the policy in full.
βI accept that the view of the ACCC effectively means that we have put in place through FuelWatch, a system which guarantees transparency for consumers,β he told reporters in Canberra this morning.
βIt basically says to consumers that - of December this year at any time and at a given place you have the best information to actually purchase fuel.β