Re: Excess petrol prices petition

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From: David S. Maddison
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 1996 00:00

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"A. Bawden" <abawde@cin.gov.au> wrote:

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>                              PETITION

>TO THE HONOURABLE SPEAKER AND MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF 
>REPRESENTATIVES ASSEMBLED IN PARLIAMENT:

>This petition of certain citizens of Australia draws to the 
>attention of the House to the past conduct of the then Trade 
>Practices Commission in Queensland, where the oil companies and 
>others, by their actions, led to the ruthless destruction of 
>approximately 700 Rural Co-Operatives in Queensland.  This was 
>brought about by blatantly refusing lawful and guaranteed 
>supply of petrol to the three Associated Motorist's 
>Co-Operative Ltd. service stations in Brisbane, as shown to the 
>public on ABC-TV and news media in Brisbane.

Regardless of this, by far the biggest predator on the consumer with
regards to petrol prices is our beloved Government!

Why doesn't anyone care that petrol prices at the pump are about 50%
tax? (I don't have the _exact_ figures with me on hand. The data is
available from the Australian Institute of Petroleum.)

Aren't people aware of this fact, or what?

David Maddison

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From: maddison@connexus.apana.org.au (David S. Maddison)
Subject: Re: Excess petrol prices petition
Date: 1996/02/13
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