It’s generally thought a carbon price on petrol won’t do much, so why not leave it off? The PC showed it was more complicated than that.
Petrol prices
Political snippets: Keeping an eye on petrol
Petrol is still near its high point but no longer rising steeply and when it comes to this quarter’s inflation figure it is the increase that counts.
Political snippets: Labor’s opportunity to curb pokies
The Labor Party has a perfect opportunity in Canberra to demonstrate that it really does believe in the need to curb the problem of addiction to poker machine.
Crikey Says: Processed sausages
No one sucks on petrol fumes to fuel their prose better than former Opposition Leader Brendan Nelson.
Australia is sleepwalking into an oil price trap
Relying on the economic demise of others to keep petrol prices low at home isn’t really good news, writes Dr Michelle Zeibots, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology, Sydney
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Petrol prices go up, drivers slam the brakes
It seems like an obvious correlation, but sometimes you need a graph to see that rising gas prices does (eventually) decrease driving rates.
Cooling down by opening up: AC, windows and petrol
Okay, so you’re probably wishing it was warm enough to even worry about. But with summer round the corner, does turning up the AC or opening the window save more petrol while driving? Slate investigates.
Under Rudd’s ETS, it will pay to drive your car
The Australian Conservation Foundation has worked out that motorists will actually receive a subsidy from the proposed fuel tax arrangements under the ETS.
Want a four day working week? Move to Utah
In the bid tos ave the planet, Utah is giving workers an extra day a week off. Is that an idea that could catch on? Glenn Dyer investigates.
Australians buying gas-guzzlers in record numbers
It’s OK for Australians to complain about high petrol prices, just don’t ask them to stop buying thirsty cars, says Glenn Dyer.
Rising oil acts like another rate rise
New figures out today confirm that Australia’s already sluggish economy is continuing to slow, writes Glenn Dyer.
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Briefly Business: Cars, Rio’s payrise, Ponzi schemes
US car market suffering … On Ponzi schemes … Welcome to a Jekyll and Hyde economy .. Rio gets a pay rise.
Briefly Business: MFS/Octaviar, MYOB, oil prices
Scott gone, but still no investigation into MFS … MYOB still slumping … New drilling won’t cut oil prices … Millionaires top 10 million.
Rising fuel prices will make you fat too
Rising fuel prices may well lead to further increases in unhealthy weight gain by contributing to rising food costs, writes Dr Tim Gill.
SUVs off the shopping list in the US, but not here
Record petrol prices mean that fewer Americans are purchasing SUVs. But the same thing isn’t happening here in Australia, writes Glenn Dyer.
Saudi talks won’t lower oil prices
The Saudi oil summit won’t help lower world oil prices, writes Glenn Dyer.
Deep in the PM’s office, it seems things are not quite right
An enormously under appreciated poem…
No tax relief on petrol for work-related travel
Taxpayers will have to wait a full twelve months to get some tax relief from surging petrol prices. Bernard Keane explains.
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A guide to reducing your petrol consumption…
…and saving money
Car subsidy shows Rudd’s true colours
The treatment of the car industry sends a clear signal to every other economic sector, writes Bernard Keane.
How Phil Mathews milked oil for $1b in May
Has anyone ever made a bigger killing from one bet since George Soros made US$1.1 billion shorting the British pound, asks Business Spectator’s Alan Kohler?
Rudd’s hybrid con and automotive Darwinism
No-one seems looking at what is an obvious question: does government policy hinder or help the over-consumption of petrol in this country? Glenn Dyer laments the hypocrisy.
US consumers drive SUV sales down
The oil-price-driven reshaping of business continues in the US, with the car — that American dream — front and centre, writes Glenn Dyer.
