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Car Forum / Australian Car Forums / General Car Topics (Australian group) / October 2006LPG ads costs $2.6million
http://www.carpoint.com.au/car-review/2125367.aspx Government spends $2.6m promoting LPG in cars The federal government has spent more than $2.6 million trying to convince Australians to switch their cars to LPG. In response to a question on notice, Industry Minister Ian Macfarlane said that, as of September 19, the government had spent just over $2.6 million advertising its LPG conversion program in newspapers and on radio. There had been no television ads promoting the scheme, he said. Beneficiaries of the advertising splurge included the Eden Imlay Magnet, the Wee Waa News, the Mortlake Dispatch, the Dimboola Banner and the Pittsworth Sentinel, along with the major metropolitan newspapers. The government also took its message to the airwaves, advertising on radio stations in capital cities and regional centres. The scheme gives motorists a $2000 subsidy to convert petrol vehicles to LPG, in an effort to ease the impact of high oil prices and encourage alternative fuels.  SignatureRegards Dan > http://www.carpoint.com.au/car-review/2125367.aspx > [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > Regards > Dan The $2.6 million is only a fraction of what they will get back when they put excise on LPG LPG will go from around 45¢ to somewhere around 85¢ a litre, thereby giving JH and cronies an added bonus of 40¢ a litre to play with and with petrol at $1.08 a litre now, where is the value in changing? > LPG will go from around 45? to somewhere around 85? a litre, Err. 12.5c/L excise. Assume that they add GST on top of that (as they obviously will) and it's 13.75c/L. Add that to 45c/L and you get 58.75c/L not 85c/L. Mind you, if you add it to the current price here of 56c/L, it's going to come to about 70c/L - what I paid last time I was in Narrabri. > thereby giving JH and cronies an added bonus of 40? a litre to play with > and with petrol at $1.08 a litre now, where is the value in changing? You go on believing that. Maybe it'll slow down the number of morons converting. :-) SignatureAthol <http://cust.idl.com.au/athol> Linux Registered User # 254000 I'm a Libran Engineer. I don't argue, I discuss. >> http://www.carpoint.com.au/car-review/2125367.aspx >> [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] > thereby giving JH and cronies an added bonus of 40¢ a litre to play with > and with petrol at $1.08 a litre now, where is the value in changing? utter pap , its only a couple of percent and will still be around 60% of petrol , but dont let the truth get in the way of a bad try and sensationalism .. > >> http://www.carpoint.com.au/car-review/2125367.aspx > >> [quoted text clipped - 33 lines] > of petrol , but dont let the truth get in the way of a bad try and > sensationalism Howard has already said the price of LPG will be around 80¢ |
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