- Labor will establish 12 publicly-owned fuel stations if re-elected in October, with the sites to be determined by where competition is most needed across the state.
- In his state of the state address on Tuesday, Mr Miles will also announce Labor’s plan to ban petrol stations from raising the price of fuel more than once a day and a trial to cap price increases to 5 cents a litre a day.
- Australasian Convenience and Petroleum Marketers Association chief executive Mark McKenzie told ABC Radio Brisbane it was unclear if Labor had the ability to implement the plan.
The swing from the bottom of the petrol cycle to the top was nearly 50c a month ago. It has been divorced from reality for a long while. The ACCC petrol price enquiry did nothing and people were all over Miles about “what’s in it for us poor drivers” when he announced the 50c fares. So it’s a particular pain point in QLD and will be interesting to see what they can do it they push forward with this.
@kerr @PetulantBandicoot
When fuel is $20 per litre I will give it up.
The economy might grind to a halt with expensive fuel, but the average commuter is more likely to explore alternative transport options.
Probably only the ten largest cities/towns in Queensland have public transport (most people’s idea of alternative options). There is a large base of voters that could be swayed by this. I would say half the state’s population doesn’t have any access to PT locally, but surely there are actual numbers somewhere. My parents live up north and they’re always grumbling about “things for Brisbane” announced by the state government.