Fuel goes up as long weekend comes
Submitted: Tuesday, Mar 08, 2005 at 22:45
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Truckster (Vic)
anyone else notice it?
Petrol at local mobil $1.12!
Diesel $1.10
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Gee the toothless tiger the ACCC "Will look into it".. maybe they need a cleaner mirror
Reply By: Willem - Tuesday, Mar 08, 2005 at 22:52
Tuesday, Mar 08, 2005 at 22:52
Yep $1.09 for unleaded here in the sticks less 5c/l if you buy groceries locally...so that helps.
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Follow Up By: Chaz - Wednesday, Mar 09, 2005 at 00:16
Wednesday, Mar 09, 2005 at 00:16
Hi Willem,
I just spent a glorious week driving all over the
Gawler Ranges and staying at
Pondanna Outstation, where I noticed your name in the visitors book. Excellent spot!
Cheers
Chaz
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Follow Up By: Willem - Wednesday, Mar 09, 2005 at 09:03
Wednesday, Mar 09, 2005 at 09:03
Hi Chaz,
Yes, we enjoyed our drive around the
Gawler Ranges too espewcially the Organ Pipes feature. That was, I think, in 2002 0r 2003. No doubt more development has taken place since then as National Parks staff were putting in new roads at the time.
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Reply By: banjobush - Tuesday, Mar 08, 2005 at 22:56
Tuesday, Mar 08, 2005 at 22:56
You should try $1.17 in Albury at BP
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Reply By: Member - Michael- Tuesday, Mar 08, 2005 at 23:00
Tuesday, Mar 08, 2005 at 23:00
Truckster
I read an article about this recently and it would appear that the real cause of price hikes is this bloody parity system the govt. brought in. Apparantly the price of petrol and diesel are tied into Singapore prices and diesel, even though it is cheaper to refine, is dearer in Singapore due to a higher use, and that by tying the price of diesel into the Singapore price falsely inflates the price here in Australia, but, the funny thing is Autogas is tied into Saudi Arabia prices.
Once again we are shafted by the govt.
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Follow Up By: Member - Jimbo (VIC) - Wednesday, Mar 09, 2005 at 01:39
Wednesday, Mar 09, 2005 at 01:39
And don't forget for a moment who introduced world parity pricing back in 1979.
It was the man who was treasurer at the time, "His Oiliness", The Member for Benelong, the current Prime Minister,
John Winston Bloody Howard.
And I see tonight the budget is in a massive surplus, why does he need to keep skinning us?
Jim.
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Follow Up By: Diamond (Vic) - Wednesday, Mar 09, 2005 at 18:10
Wednesday, Mar 09, 2005 at 18:10
you cant blame me jimbo.
i didnt vote for him,
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Reply By: fisho64 - Tuesday, Mar 08, 2005 at 23:28
Tuesday, Mar 08, 2005 at 23:28
buy at Gull or
liberty and save yourself up to 8 cents or more.
Caltex and Mobil seem to be the dearest followed by BP here in the country.
Gull is the only one to buy from or Woolies out here
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Reply By: ianmc - Tuesday, Mar 08, 2005 at 23:34
Tuesday, Mar 08, 2005 at 23:34
Supermarket vouchers a bit like fly buys. Horsham used to be quite competitive but deisel now 113.9 less 4c discount. What a joke, dearer with discount voucher as all discounters are now tied to a supermarket. Another scam.
Expect more rises with oil over $50 barrel and Bush despite denials said to have signed executive order for war against Iran in JUNE 2005.
What price deisel at
Oodnadatta by Sept??
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Follow Up By: Truckster (Vic) - Wednesday, Mar 09, 2005 at 10:49
Wednesday, Mar 09, 2005 at 10:49
I AGREE!! PEOPLE ARE GETTIN' DUMBER!
Amazing how many people think they are "SAVING" with their shopper dockets. Yes, they want to GIVE you somethin for nothin... You are tied into buying from THEIR stores to save $$..
Blind Freddy can see that they inflate the food prices to compensate.
Don't be dumb enough for 1 Micromillinano micron that they are GIVING YOU ANYTHING.
I like the ACCC saying that when there are only 2 players left in the fuel game, after all the independants are wiped out, that we will still get COMPETITIVE PRICES... Is the whole world gettin dumber?
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Reply By: Member - Bradley- Wednesday, Mar 09, 2005 at 09:45
Wednesday, Mar 09, 2005 at 09:45
i think it coincided with an increase in the production of petroleum jelly, if you know what i mean.......
I know opec are puttin the screws on the yanks at the moment , so thats probably some of it.
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Reply By: Member - Steve (ACT) - Wednesday, Mar 09, 2005 at 14:20
Wednesday, Mar 09, 2005 at 14:20
$1.18 in the ACT this morning!!!
Sandy
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Reply By: SantaAus - Wednesday, Mar 09, 2005 at 19:06
Wednesday, Mar 09, 2005 at 19:06
I don't know what is going on around Aus with these prices, but here in
Rockhampton QLD the price of petrol is 98.9c and desiel is at 107.9c. And stupid me bought a desiel to save on litres and costs.
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Follow Up By: timglobal - Wednesday, Mar 09, 2005 at 19:20
Wednesday, Mar 09, 2005 at 19:20
Queensland are different as they have fuel subsidy, though that doesn't explain the larger disparity between ULP & Diesel there seems to be in QLD...
see here QLD Fuel Subsidy
Interesting?!
T
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Reply By: Willem - Wednesday, Mar 09, 2005 at 20:29
Wednesday, Mar 09, 2005 at 20:29
Diesel went up to $1.18 here today aaarrrgghhhh
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Reply By: Member - Ray C (QLD) - Thursday, Mar 10, 2005 at 09:25
Thursday, Mar 10, 2005 at 09:25
I drive regularly from Queensland down to
Sydney on the Summerland/Pacific Highways.
What puzzles me is that very often fuel is cheaper in Kyogle and Casino NSW than it is in my nearest station in
Beaudesert QLD!
Of course as soon as I get to
Grafton that situation reverses itself and prices go through the roof.
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Reply By: Truckster (Vic) - Thursday, Mar 10, 2005 at 10:24
Thursday, Mar 10, 2005 at 10:24
Oil hit $55 a barrell today! Wait for $1.50 fuel in coming months.
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