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Petrol, Ethanol, Biofuels and
Other Issues
Petrol Pricing
| Australia | ACT | NSW
| NT | QLD | SA
| TAS | VIC | WA
| Alternative Transport Fuels | Other
Petroleum Issues |
Petrol
Pricing
- Australian Competition and Consumer Commission
- Petrol
price cycles - ACCC data on petrol price cycles in Sydney, Melbourne,
Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth and information on the determinants of
petrol prices.
- Recent
petrol pricing reports - ACCC reports in response to requests
from the Federal Government.
- Department of Industry, Tourism and Resources
- Petroleum
- links to information on the Australian Government's regulation
of the petroleum sector, including the downstream petroleum industry,
health and safety, taxes and excises.
- Petroleum
Refining and Fuels - links to statistics and information
on the petroleum refining, distribution and retail industry, including
the Downstream Petroleum Products Action Agenda.
- Petroleum
Retail - information on the Australian Government reform
process for the downstream petroleum industry and related programs,
legislation and documentation.
- NRMA fuel
guide and fuel-up
(an explanation of the types of fuel available)
- Save money on petrol
- from the NRMA
Current Parliamentary Inquiry
Senate Economics Legislation
Committee Inquiry
into the price of petrol in Australia - report
tabled 7 December 2006.
Terms of reference:
- the relationship between the landed price of crude oil, refining costs,
the wholesale price and the retail price of petrol
- regional differences in the retail price of petrol
- variations in the retail price of petrol at particular times
- the industry’s integrated structure; and
- any other related matters.
Sites with
Australia-wide Information
Following is a guide to sites
that monitor petrol prices in Australia.
- Australian Automobile Association - FUELtrac
commissioned by AAA to collect petrol price data in each capital city
and major regional centres around Australia.
- Australian Institute of Petroleum - prices
at the pump.
- Motormouth
- currently reports fuel prices in Brisbane, Sunshine Coast, Gold Coast,
Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth only.
- Shell Australia petrol
pricing
- Caltex - fuel pricing
- BP Australia fuel
pricing
- ExplorOz.com national
fuel prices (Site for travellers, camping, four wheel driving and
caravanning in Australia)
Australian
Capital Territory
New South
Wales
Northern
Territory
- Northern Territory fuel
watch from Consumer and Business Affairs
Queensland
South Australia
Tasmania
Victoria
Western
Australia
- Fuelwatch - an initiative
of the Western Australian Government and administered by the Department
of Consumer and Employment Protection.
Alternative
Transport Fuels
- Biofuels Task Force
- 'On 30 May 2005, the Prime Minister announced the appointment
of a Taskforce to examine the latest scientific evidence on the impacts
of ethanol and other biofuel use on human health, environmental outcomes
and automotive operations'. The report
was released on 22 September 2005.
- Department of Industry, Tourism and Resources
- Biofuels
- information on biofuels and alternative fuels, ie those not
sourced from petrol or diesel.
- International Energy Agency/Organisation for Economic Co-operation
and Development - Biofuels
for transport: an international perspective, 2004
LPG
- LPG Australia (previously
the Australian Liquefied Petroleum Gas Association Ltd.) and LP
Autogas
- Department of Industry, Tourism and Resources
- Liquefied
Petroleum Gas - links and information on the Australian
LPG industry and the Australian Government's Transport Fuels Policy.
Ethanol and Biodiesel
CNG
- Department of Industry, Tourism and Resources
Hydrogen
- Department of Industry, Tourism and Resources
- Hydrogen
- Information on the use of compressed and liquid hydrogen as
an alternative fuel.
Other Petroleum
Issues
- ABC Four Corners - 10 July 2006
- Peak Oil - 'the era of cheap oil may be over and a growing number
of analysts predict production is about to peak before significantly
falling behind demand. Jonathan Holmes investigates'.
- video
- transcript
- key
articles and reports presenting both sides of the peak
oil debate, Australian perspectives on the urban impact of declining
oil, plus a section presenting renewable energy alternatives.
- Peak
Oil data incorporating the world's top oil producers
and consumers, their peak production dates and, country by country,
demand versus available supply.
- Bureau of Transport and Regional Economics - Is
the world running out of oil? a review of the debate? (Working
Paper no. 61):
The world economy is heavily dependent
on the continuing supply of oil, with transport in particular having
few viable alternative sources of energy. This report aims at dispassionately
examine both sides of what is sometimes an emotive debate, identifying
the main differences between the opposing views and briefly exploring
the policy implications of the different approaches.
- Nick Tabakoff, 'Brave
new wheels', Bulletin with Newsweek, 26 September 2006,
pp.28-34
Demand for oil could
outstrip supply within 10 years, pushing petrol over $5 a litre.
Enter the hybrid and alternative-fuel cars that will be cheap to
run, stylish and safe. Australia is in the driver's seat.
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