$1.10lt for diesel

I thought we were still paying for CHOGM?

nah.......they just paid of the 56 olympics!!

There used to be a fixed maximum price, I can't remember when it was discontinued.

A recommended price sounds good to me; I can't accept this daily variance that we don't get with any other product. 'Market fluctuations'? Gold suffers from this too but if you went past the same jeweller every day I don't think you would see the prices changing constantly. Oh, that's right, Nthn Hemisphere Winter fuel demand, blah, blah, blah.

If the oil companies didn't run such convoluted pricing that was undecipherable to the masses, they might not be so distrusted and despised.

And I guess that most of us tend to forget that every time we fill up , the Govt has it's hand in our pocket.
Sadly we don't really have any public transport outside of capitol cities, and it's a big country that really runs on diesel.
I just feel sorry for those in remote areas that have to bear the cost of transport. No idea how they do it.

> Sadly we don't really have any public transport outside of capitol cities
what makes you think the one in the city is any better?!

The fact that hundreds of thousands in cities use it. And that nobody outside the cities has the chance ?
I din't say it was much good, simply that it exists.

1 US gal = 3.78Lt

Works out to $0.74 AUS / Lt

Progressive tax ?? sorry wrong demonstration ,, the actual tax is per the litre not the $ cost , the only variable that the government gets in the price of fuel is the GST component which varies due to the oil companies YO-YO pricing ,, in no possible way can the oil companies justify the daily price fluctuations at the pump ,, always cheaper on a Tuesday , why ? because the populace as a whole has less money to spend on a Tuesday !! , Pension day /payday for most is on a Thursday or Friday = more money that the oil companies can access so the price goes up !!

Always make me wonder why prices vary when there is a tanker delivery about once or twice a week, but the same fuel in the storage tanks can vary in price so much.
Like the comment about gold in the jeweller's shop above.

Axel, we are sort of both right. I should have expanded that a bit more. The progressive tax was the policy and it was fixed in 2001 when we started running lower on our supply. It now stands at 38C a litre, plus GST. I still reckon governments squandered the original point of the tax. For what it is worth however, we are quite lightly taxed on fuel. The tax on petrol in Australia is less than half that charged in Britain, Germany and France, though more than in the United States, Canada and Mexico. I'd be interested in knowing what the average km an Oz motorist does per year and compare that to thye average km of vehicle owners in other countries. I suspect that would make the tax intake from fuel here disproportionately high.

average mileages in Oz are surprisingly low. Several European countries have a higher consumption.

Steve, that's because most of our population lives in cities and has access to public transport...average....those outside do many many more

That's probably right. Must admit, it surprised me.

Also, it depends on how they measure "average" (lies and statistics)
Many in Europe don't own a car. So if they divide the km by the whole population, they get a low figure. Do the millions of tourists? Not hard to get biased figures, depending upon what you're trying to prove.

well, maybe.

Either way, it could be high or low.

Don't own a car? Maybe in Albania. Maybe some truth in the major cities where the public transport is all some need - but I wouldn't think many. You could say the same of Sydney....then again, looking at the state of public transport.....