Tuesday, May 10, 2011 at 15:38
Shaver
That is a fair point you make in response to my post.
I think the reality is that prices will vary between geographical locations, especially within the boundaries of major Australian cities. And this occurs as marketing discounts are applied and taken off. So at any given time prices in parts of
Brisbane may be higher or lower than
Toowoomba.
As to specifically why
Toowoomba is lower, I guess you would need to look at the ‘stats’ to determine if that has been the case over a period of time to get some perspective on it. Perhaps there are high turnover outlets servicing trucks etc. But I don’t have the answer to your specific question.
But on the question of the ACCC being a toothless tiger. Maybe they are, but in respect of fuel prices in Australia there has been any number of enquiries, and they have determined there is no collusion, and rest assured if there was any hint there was between the major operators they would be all over it, and the politicians would make sure of it as they would look like the ‘champions’ of the little people. A sure vote winner!
And there is very little money made out of refining fuel in Australia, or retailing it, as Joe from
Doomadgee points out in a previous post.
Mobil closed Port Stanvac a few years back,
Shell have just closed Clyde in
Sydney, why, because there is no money in it.
Cheers, The Landy
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