Yes I did have an ex oil company geologist tell me at great length that oil companies will charge the absolute maximum the market will support for as long as the average consumer has two or more cars with at least one being a larger capacity guzzler.

If everyone drove Renault 750 or equivalent then petrol might come down in price particualrly if we quoted petrol price as being the reason we drove small cars, walked and cycled.

Well I think that the people who are really worried and REALLY bitch about fuel prices (we all know people who do this) shouldn't be driving a car if they are that worried.

Seriously - I put about $25 a week in my car - even though I'm currently paying $1.399 a litre for fuel, if the price fuel went up to $1.599 it would only cost about $3 extra a week - WOW!

I know that this would make a big difference to people with big cars - BUT after all it is their choice that they decided to buy that car.

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"In two years time your car will be like a lady's clothes, out of date, my car will still be in fashion when I am dead" - Sir Alec speaking to Pininfarina

Geez moonshine in Toowoomba has gone up

I am sick of missing the cheap days - the soob tends to get low when the prices are high...lol

Hooroo

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Rob Forsyth
Miniot!!

Well I think it's about $1.259 - $1.299 for regular - I pay $1.399 for 98 octane stuff - sorry probably should have said what kind of fuel.

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"In two years time your car will be like a lady's clothes, out of date, my car will still be in fashion when I am dead" - Sir Alec speaking to Pininfarina

Yeah! Exactly!!

Why complain about artificially inflated fuel prices ? I mean come on! I LOVE giving my cash to companies just because they feel like screwing me over for a quick buck.

I'm going to wait until Thursday JUST so I can hand over a bit more cash to business that operates my local big brand servo...I'm so looking forward to it!!

~End of Sarcasm~

Feel free to keep paying more than you should be, thats your choice. But those who don't like to be ripped off, please keep complaining to the oil companies.

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No more Minis!......For now.

Queensland is an enigma and quite devoid of national regularity. One day the ghost of Joh will disappear and it will just another part of Australia. Yes your prices are ten cents cheaper than most of Australia but that can't last.

Good god - I am a big bore now !!!!!!

Nup those divend cheques are just terrific. Free market economy - you want to pay less - stop buying the stuff - simple economics and who says we are paying too much.

If people are prepared to pay it they arnt paying too much. Cheap petrol aint a birthright

in all honestly petrol prices yeah ok they are high by comparison but the real killer these days is housing
in the last 5 years it has pretty much doubled in value... great ,wonderful for the people who had the financial power to buy 5 years ago!!! . but where does that leave the people who aren't on 60k plus who can't aford even the cheapest housing?

this is an issue we should ALL be up in arms and rioting in the street about. as the ogvernment of the day should have never ever ever promoted property as an investment tool for mum and dad investors because now the kids are screwed!!!!!

in the greater scheme of things fuel prices are trivial by comparison

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why does everyone want a Cooper S when you ca have a better Clubby

again - market economy. What can the govt do to control housing prices.

The only way housing proces will fall is if people stop buying them.

They are only expensive because people are prepared to spend what is necessary to get them. You want to buy a cheaper house live in a cheaper place which happens to be a an area that less people want to live in.

So to spend less on petrol spend more and live in area with better public transport. So to live in an area with better public transport you need to earn more money which requires you to drive from the area with lesser public transport which results in you spending more money on petrol and we have neatly arrived back on topic.

Housing is expensive because 80% of all Australians insist on living within 50 kms of the coast. By comparison 20% of Australians own 80% of all of Australia.

Real Estate is booming here because so many families have found out the cost of living here is sooooooo much less with a much better lifestyle. The choice again is simple - if you want the city, the grid lock, all the downsides, then like petrol you must pay the price.

Our cities cannot continue to grow - Sydney with its semi circle 100km radius is one of the largest cities in the world.

If your a nice person - move to Mudgee/Gulgong and improve your lifestyle.

You have one of the riches men in the Phillipines living part time on his horse stud up there in Mudgee Mike....

We have a BP and a Caltex 400m apart. The Caltex guy gets out his binoculars and checks the price of the BP and puts his price 0.5-1 cent higher. So for those that don't know, they pass the BP first as you come off the freeway, don't go there, then get caught at the higher priced Caltex

The BP has 4c shop-a-docket.

Gooree Park - yes the brother in law of Marcos, the owner of the san Miguel Brewery.

My wife has just finished a four week locum running the computer system there. They also own very large vineyard tracts, cattle interests and a Gulfstream aircraft to commute between Manilla and here.

Its still a nice area here.

just a price from the other side of the world: 1,43€/liter of 95octane fuel (about 2,34AU$)
and 75% are taxes .....

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