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On Wed, 14 Feb 1996, gravityboy wrote:

> : 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?
>
> Yes I am aware of this, and the money goes  to pay for roads etc.
> Its about time people realise the government represents the people and if
> its not representing you well thats your fault.
>
>
>
> peace and love
>
> chris

Virtually none of that tax goes to roads. Most of it goes to consolidated
revenue. If it did go to roads we wouldn't have so many dangerous ones
and the road death toll would be lower.

And _please_ don't tell me that Australia has relatively low petrol
prices compared with "other countries". Mostly these comparisons are made
with Europe which has about 30 times or more the population density we have,
where people live in tiny high density apartment complexes and a 1 hour
drive can take you across several countries. It is more appropriate to
compare our petrol prices with the US or Canada, which are similar sized
countries to Australia, and have petrol prices of about half or less. And
they still have a higher population density than we have.


David Maddison