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http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,23765428-3102,00.html FUEL prices in a Queensland outback town have soared to more than $2 a litre - as Premier Captain Anna Bligh said she would oppose moves to cut GST on pump prices. Diesel fuel was priced at $2.02 a litre at the petrol station in the north-west Queensland town of Bedourie. Unleaded fuel was selling for $1.96 a litre - 59 cents more than the cheapest fuel in Brisbane today. Diamantina Shire mayor Robbie Dare and petrol station operator said fuel prices were at record levels. "It's the highest (petrol prices) I have seen," said Mr Dare, who has been running the town's only roadhouse for the past 20 years. "Road contractors and cattle carters are the hardest hit. "Their fuel costs are cutting into their margins." Premier Anna Bligh said that she could not give a flying f.ck about the high prices. Queensland was the only state to provide a fuel subsidy which kept prices down in regional and city areas. "We are really not going to do anything more than we are doing, which is nothing. "We will certainly work with those councils if there are things that can be done to assist them. "I don't think we should ever give up on trying to improve the capacity to get transport out there (in the bush) in a cost-effective way." The Premier inisisted she will not accept any changes to the GST on petrol that would take revenue away from the states, from that slimey Rudd. The Rudd government is considering removing the GST on fuel excise as part of its wide-ranging taxation review. The move would save motorists around four cents per litre. "Any changes to the tax arrangements to this country should be capable of ripping off the Queenslanders without any decrease that would affect my state revenue. "I will deduct money from our schools and our hospitals, if that prick (Rudd) short changes me." > http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,23765428-3102,00.html > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Diesel fuel was priced at $2.02 a litre at the petrol station in the > north-west Queensland town of Bedourie. There _has_ to be a market for biodiesel here. > Unleaded fuel was selling for $1.96 a litre - 59 cents more than the > cheapest fuel in Brisbane today. > Diamantina Shire mayor Robbie Dare and petrol station operator said fuel > prices were at record levels. Agreed - not seen that before. > The Premier inisisted she will not accept any changes to the GST on > petrol that would take revenue away from the states, from that slimey > Rudd. > The Rudd government is considering removing the GST on fuel excise as > part of its wide-ranging taxation review. > > The move would save motorists around four cents per litre. whippy woo hoo!!! > "I will deduct money from our schools and our hospitals, if that prick > (Rudd) short changes me." It's gotta be biodiesel if you don't like the prices. I don't exactly see any major road improvements, which has made me a bit sour about the whole excise thing. "the_dawggie" <the_dawggie@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:41822488-c616-46e1-80e8- > There _has_ to be a market for biodiesel here. Not that it would do much for petrol buyers..... -- Regards, Noddy. > There _has_ to be a market for biodiesel here. A lot of fish-and-chip shops in Bedourie are there?  SignatureKnob > Queensland was the only state to provide a fuel subsidy which kept prices > down in regional and city areas. *was* ? They don't offer it anymore? Last time I was in QLD I was amazed at how cheap petrol was - it was around 72-75c /L from my recollection... (this was around '01). > > Queensland was the only state to provide a fuel subsidy which kept prices > > down in regional and city areas. > > *was* ? They don't offer it anymore? Last time I was in QLD I was amazed > at how cheap petrol was - it was around 72-75c /L from my recollection... > (this was around '01). This ain't 2001 now though. >> Queensland was the only state to provide a fuel subsidy which kept prices >> down in regional and city areas. > > *was* ? They don't offer it anymore? Last time I was in QLD I was amazed > at how cheap petrol was - it was around 72-75c /L from my recollection... > (this was around '01). 7 years ago, how could that possibly be relevant today you dumb c.nt? >>> Queensland was the only state to provide a fuel subsidy which kept prices >>> down in regional and city areas. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > 7 years ago, how could that possibly be relevant today you dumb c.nt? if the subsidy still applies, then proportionally, it is. you dumb c.nt :^) SignatureDon`t be sexist...........Broads hate that. > http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,23765428-3102,00.html > [quoted text clipped - 47 lines] > "I will deduct money from our schools and our hospitals, if that prick > (Rudd) short changes me." Well well..why arent I shocked at this new price? Expect more doom n gloom at the bowser folks. > Well well..why arent I shocked at this new price? Expect more doom n gloom > at the bowser folks. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Come back when petrol is $15 a litre. That's the time your Pry-arse vibrator would **START** to pay back!!! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAWWWRRRR!!! -- Lu.R.ain't.very.bwight. >> Well well..why arent I shocked at this new price? Expect more doom n >> gloom at the bowser folks. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAWWWRRRR!!! Hey FUCKWIT..Im STILL Waiting for the depreciation your wankmobile has acrued since you bought it! TOO SCARED TO SHARE I BET!! ROFLMAO >>> Well well..why arent I shocked at this new price? Expect more doom n >>> gloom at the bowser folks. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > Hey FUCKWIT..Im STILL Waiting for the depreciation your wankmobile has > acrued since you bought it! TOO SCARED TO SHARE I BET!! ROFLMAO Hehe. CRIPPLE FIGHT!!! Watching you two argue is like watching the special olympics. SignatureKwyj. >>>> Well well..why arent I shocked at this new price? Expect more doom n >>>> gloom at the bowser folks. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > Hehe. CRIPPLE FIGHT!!! > Watching you two argue is like watching the special olympics. f.ck up you pathetic excuse for a human fartbag. >>>>> Well well..why arent I shocked at this new price? Expect more doom n >>>>> gloom at the bowser folks. [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > f.ck up you pathetic excuse for a human fartbag. Whereas you have a GOOD excuse for being a human fartbag? >>>>> Well well..why arent I shocked at this new price? Expect more doom n >>>>> gloom at the bowser folks. [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > f.ck up you pathetic excuse for a human fartbag. f.ck! The 'athletes' are turning on the spectators....... SignatureKwyj. >> f.ck up you pathetic excuse for a human fartbag. > > f.ck! The 'athletes' are turning on the spectators....... Drugs. :-) SignatureRegards Dan > >>> Well well..why arent I shocked at this new price? Expect more doom n > >>> gloom at the bowser folks. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > Hehe. CRIPPLE FIGHT!!! > Watching you two argue is like watching the special olympics. I support the wheelies you rotten crunt :-) Al SignatureI don't take sides. It's more fun to insult everyone. http://kwakakid.cjb.net/insult.html >>> Well well..why arent I shocked at this new price? Expect more doom n >>> gloom at the bowser folks. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > Hey FUCKWIT..Im STILL Waiting for the depreciation your wankmobile has > acrued since you bought it! TOO SCARED TO SHARE I BET!! ROFLMAO ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Gee, you're slow. Let me repeat: IS250 3-year resale: 57% Hope that didn't go past your slow brain BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAWWWRRR!!! -- But.I.won't.sell.after.three.years.as.I.ain't.STOOPID.like.Woger. "Just JT" <Johnnythor@Hotmale.com> wrote in news:483ca6a1$0$12312 $9a6e19ea@unlimited.newshosting.com: >>>> Well well..why arent I shocked at this new price? Expect more doom n >>>> gloom at the bowser folks. [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > -- > But.I.won't.sell.after.three.years.as.I.ain't.STOOPID.like.Woger. You two idiots should get a room! You are both the same.. > "Just JT" <Johnnythor@Hotmale.com> wrote in news:483ca6a1$0$12312 > $9a6e19ea@unlimited.newshosting.com: [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > You two idiots should get a room! > You are both the same.. Maybe you could offer them the room you had for Serial down in the cellar. Actually when talking of depreciation, the Lada bought for 13.5K in '92 isn't so bad and if the fuel goes up too high for it, a litre of petrol and a cheap match would fix that. I could not lower myself to sell it to some poor bastard although it would be a good farm vehicle for some dribbling retarded farmer (most), as long as he had a Honda Hybrid or Toyota Prius too so it would have something to f.ck up the arse. Al SignatureI don't take sides. It's more fun to insult everyone. http://kwakakid.cjb.net/insult.html >> "Just JT" <Johnnythor@Hotmale.com> wrote in news:483ca6a1$0$12312 >> $9a6e19ea@unlimited.newshosting.com: [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] > > Al So your Lada has a penis huh? Is that the same penis you chopped off your body as a donation? Good man..:) > >> "Just JT" <Johnnythor@Hotmale.com> wrote in news:483ca6a1$0$12312 > >> $9a6e19ea@unlimited.newshosting.com: [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] > So your Lada has a penis huh? Is that the same penis you chopped off your > body as a donation? Good man..:) Yeah it's a boy unlike girly Prius. The only reason it would f.ck them up the arse is pure fear.. of breeding with them.. :-) and besides we all know only girly Japanese 4WDs roll over. Al SignatureI don't take sides. It's more fun to insult everyone. http://kwakakid.cjb.net/insult.html >>>> "Just JT" <Johnnythor@Hotmale.com> wrote in news:483ca6a1$0$12312 >>>> $9a6e19ea@unlimited.newshosting.com: [quoted text clipped - 37 lines] > > Al Look in your manual re wheel changing > Yeah it's a boy unlike girly Prius. The only reason it would f.ck them > up the arse is pure fear.. of breeding with them.. :-) and besides we > all know only girly Japanese 4WDs roll over. > > Al That sure is the truth! What about that woman who was driving one of those little toy diahatsoo terois thingies? She did a U turn on a poor road, hit a pot hole and the thing bounced into a tree head on. Then, the arse end went up in the air and crushed the roof againts the tree. The two kids in the back were killed and this woman and her husband blamed the road for the accident!! Sure, the road was bad, but driving a tiny toy car in the country is foolhardy.. > Maybe you could offer them the room you had for Serial down in the > cellar. Actually when talking of depreciation, the Lada bought for [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Al I wonder if he is still in Fernvale or moved on? The other ego, MMAL@ "whatever" has also dissapeared along with the horrid company. You still got that bloody Lada?? > > Maybe you could offer them the room you had for Serial down in the > > cellar. Actually when talking of depreciation, the Lada bought for [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > You still got that bloody Lada?? It seems to always to get back home regardless of what I do. I had some poor crunt want to buy it but talked them out of it. I leave it unlocked if it doesn't have much fuel. Al SignatureI don't take sides. It's more fun to insult everyone. http://kwakakid.cjb.net/insult.html >>> Maybe you could offer them the room you had for Serial down in the >>> cellar. Actually when talking of depreciation, the Lada bought for [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > Al Gimme $100.00 and I will take it (I have the perfect motor here for it ) > >>> Maybe you could offer them the room you had for Serial down in the > >>> cellar. Actually when talking of depreciation, the Lada bought for [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > Al > Gimme $100.00 and I will take it (I have the perfect motor here for it ) Poor bastard did not flinch when I said $2K. Mind you that would cover the add on bits.. mags - side step - bullbar - rear bar - towbar - weber etc. Al SignatureI don't take sides. It's more fun to insult everyone. http://kwakakid.cjb.net/insult.html >>>>> Maybe you could offer them the room you had for Serial down in the >>>>> cellar. Actually when talking of depreciation, the Lada bought for [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > > Al Well ok gimmie 2k and I will take it away for you . > >>>>> Maybe you could offer them the room you had for Serial down in the > >>>>> cellar. Actually when talking of depreciation, the Lada bought for [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > > Al > Well ok gimmie 2k and I will take it away for you . Sound like a good deal but I just put another 6 months rego on it and it's got 1/2 tank of fuel :-) Al SignatureI don't take sides. It's more fun to insult everyone. http://kwakakid.cjb.net/insult.html >http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,23765428-3102,00.html >FUEL prices in a Queensland outback town have soared to more than $2 a >litre - as Premier Captain Anna Bligh said she would oppose moves to cut >GST on pump prices. It was over $1.60 per litre this morning in my part of Sydney. The government won't do anything re fuel pricing until it's forced to stop the double-dipping taxation regime (fuel excises + GST). >The Rudd government is considering removing the GST on fuel excise as >part of its wide-ranging taxation review. Whoopedoo. Excise on petrol is approximately 40 cents per litre, so GST on that is about 3 cents. Fat lot of good that will do to the pricing. It'll get eaten up immediately by the fuel company pricing cycles. Removing GST totally on fuel might help in the short term. Removing excise altogether would be the best move, but that will cause a big upswing in fuel demand which will drive up the prices. Nasty cycle which won't get any better as demands continue to outstrip supply. BTW Shell still has no V-power in Sydney. It's like Shell has decided to drop high-octane unleaded fuel in favour of other things. No idea what they would be, but my bet is 'high octane' ethanol blends which will pump up demand even more because of the lower energy energy output per unit volume of ethanol-blend fuels (by around 20 to 30 percent). Craig. SignatureCraig's Saab C900 Page at | Craig's Classic Saab Workshop - Sydney .au http://lios.apana.org.au/~c900 | http://www.classicsaab.net and other URL's Email: c900@lios.apana.org.au | For Saab 99/C900/9000 Enthusiasts World-Wide! Alternate: saabonaut@gmail.com | Web-forums, galleries, library, links, etc. > Removing GST totally on fuel might help in the short term. Removing excise > altogether would be the best move, but that will cause a big upswing in > fuel > demand which will drive up the prices. At what point in this country's history (or that of any other for that matter) have you known fuel usage to be excessive simply because it was cheap? People will generally use the same amount of fuel they always do, it just won't cost as much. Removing the excise will certainly make it cheaper, but it would create a *huge* hole in government revenue that will have to be made up in other ways. The Government is reluctant to remove the GST component on the excise because it will cause a billion dollar reduction in revenue in exchange for a pissweak few cents per litre price drop that would be absorbed into the system immediately. Removing the excise on fuel would cause a revenue shortfall many times that, and create huge problems in other areas. > Nasty cycle which won't get any better as demands continue to outstrip > supply. Where is fuel in short supply? There is *no* shortage of oil, and talk of countries like India and China suddenly becoming huge users causing a supply problem is nothing short of fanciful bullshit. The problem isn't supply outstripping demand, but production limitations imposed by oil producing nations for no reason other than to keep prices artificially high. They could increase production tomorrow at a moment's notice and cause a glut on the market which would see the barrel price fall through the floor, but that's precisely what they *don't* want to happen. -- Regards, Noddy. > Where is fuel in short supply? We have been plunged back into the '70s oil shortage bullshit and we all know (those who lived through that) that a shortage means inflated Prius's.. or should that be Priuii??? Add to that the global warming gloom, well you have the greenies to contend with and I'd bet they don't know that passenger vehicles only contribute 8% of Australias greenhouse gases. Bit like turning off your light for an hour by buying a hybrid for some self gratifying w.nk fest that does f.ck all for the planet. Best to get solar hot water systems and insulation into all homes to lessen the burden on a daily basis for some real savings in heavy electrical loads. Why don't people understand, turning off a light bulb saves f.ck all compared to a hot water system or air conditioner? Al SignatureI don't take sides. It's more fun to insult everyone. http://kwakakid.cjb.net/insult.html >> Where is fuel in short supply? >contribute 8% of Australias greenhouse gases. Bit like turning off your >light for an hour by buying a hybrid for some self gratifying w.nk fest [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >turning off a light bulb saves f.ck all compared to a hot water system or >air conditioner? While I don't disagree with your sentiments it is not so clear cut as that. Off peak hot water heaters save us a fortune in oil by keeping generating plant running during low demand periods (as does pumping water uphill in the Snowy and Shoalhaven schemes if there is water to pump) Regards Dinsy Tantum religio potuit suadere malorum - Lucretius On May 27, 11:51 pm, Saab C900 Viggenist <c...@lios.apana.org.au> wrote: > >http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,23765428-3102,00.html > >FUEL prices in a Queensland outback town have soared to more than $2 a [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] > Email: c...@lios.apana.org.au | For Saab 99/C900/9000 Enthusiasts World-Wide! > Alternate: saabon...@gmail.com | Web-forums, galleries, library, links, etc. Why not start reducing the impact of higher gasoline, diesel and bio- diesel fuels NOW! Save 13 - 16%+ fuel with "Ultimate ME2" added per fill-up - which also reduces Carbon Monoxide emissions by 33% and NOx/Oxides of Nitrogen/ smog by 44% Now! or "Mach 3 SEFS-HD" for Heavy Duty Diesel applications over 400 HP - saving 9 - 20%+ and with equivalent emissions reductions. Visit www.eyicom.com/healthcheck or www.eepint.com for all details. Contact : hughlove@shaw.ca for all other product and business details - buy On-line and determine how much you can save with Ultimate ME2 or Mach 3 SEFS-HD. Thanks for listening - Hugh Love - Certified Representative > Diesel fuel was priced at $2.02 a litre at the petrol station in the > north-west Queensland town of Bedourie. Who would want to live there anyway. Must affect all of 10 people :-) Al SignatureI don't take sides. It's more fun to insult everyone. http://kwakakid.cjb.net/insult.html |
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