Will he actually do something ? after ten years ?
Or is it just today's diversion ?
Or is it just today's diversion ?
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Is this more empty rhetoric by Howard on petrol prices ?
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What do you want?
Price fixing?
CIA backed coup in Iran?
Nationalise all petrol stations?
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He said he would give the ACCC more power.
There are laws agains collusion and if its not collusion what is it ?
There are laws agains collusion and if its not collusion what is it ?
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Howard is part of the problem! 
Why would he do anything to fix it?
Why would he do anything to fix it?
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Howard is part of the problem!
Why would he do anything to fix it?
fix what ? the global oil price ??? yes come on John get off your arse !!!
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Feds tax on petrol is fairly minimal.
How can Howard even talk about price relief for fuel. It's a finite resource, as it gets more scarce of course the price will rise.
It's like trying to get a ticket to a sold out show, of course it's going to cost more to get in.
It's like trying to get a ticket to a sold out show, of course it's going to cost more to get in.
Petrol excise is a flat 38c per litre plus GST, so with petrol prices about $1.20, taxes account for only about a third of the total price. The Government cut the excise from 52c.
Economists say petrol prices are too low.
Economists say petrol prices are too low.
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Do you really think soooooo. WOW you're so clever.....
Don't you love petrol price whingers?
At least some here get it:
While hes doing it can he fix the price of milk. Printer Ink what a bloody disgrace.
The ALP had a petition in the NT to demand investigations into petrol pricing (fixing) before the 2001 NT election. They won and the petition mysteriously disappeared.
Moral of the story is, the parties don't give a crap and won't change the status quo.
Moral of the story is, the parties don't give a crap and won't change the status quo.
The rodent is a hypocrite. On one hand he wants to give the ACCC more power, but when it comes to wholesale pricing of broadband he wants to strip them of power. Shell bad, Telstra good.
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Its all a bloody joke
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Let's hit the f*ken road!
Good call on the printer ink.While hes doing it can he fix the price of milk. Printer Ink what a bloody disgrace.
What the hell do they put in the stuff.It's seems dearer by the ounce than platinum.
Why? What is he doing to benefit them?
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In Italy it is around ~$2.40
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exactly right
who knows how much petrol/oil is left? In 10 years we could be paying $5/L
prices will only go up not down from now on whether due to scarcity, war/terrorism etc
or from natural disasters, increased by global warming which is due to increasing use of oil and other fossil fuels. If anything, petrol will go up because the people will demand it goes up as a way to reverse/stop/reduce the effects of global warming. Funny how 92% of Australians think GW is a big issue but >8% worried be complaining if petrol goes up 5c let alone doubles as a method of saving the climate.
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Surely higher petrol prices means people using cars/machinery will be less likely to use them.
I wonder if some of the people who moan about global warming and polution are the same people who whinge about petrol being so expensive.
I wonder if some of the people who moan about global warming and polution are the same people who whinge about petrol being so expensive.
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Agreed, higher petrol prices should mean that people start to change their vehicle purchasing; hopefully for smaller more fuel efficent cars.
The real answer to high petrol prices is a move to LNG as the fuel of the future. Less reliance on foreign oil if we move towards LNG; just need national leadership on the issue.
Precisely. I'd even go so far as to advocate an increase in the fuel excise (but only at urban petrol stations), with the additional earnings to go to the states to spend on public transport. I'd love to find a way to take it out of the oil company profits, but that won't happen.
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