the fuel prices are so high because australia has the highest or one of the highest taxes on fuel in the world and all the oil we mine here gets exported to make jonnies economy look good here's a good diagram on tax back when fuel was $1.19 (ah those were the days)

Then again you have to think about how s**t the public transport is. I get the bus everyday and in the morning if im not on the bus by 7 im standing. After school if i dont get the bus at 3:20 im standing. The buses are all f**k with times e.g. mine comes at 3:20, 3:25, 4:00, 4:47, 5:15
The ones like the 3:20 are huge and have 5 or 6 people on them. The ones 4:00 and after are smaller and packed. If i get the 4:47 there isnt even enough room to get on.

The cigarette taxes i really couldnt give a s**t about because i dont smoke and dont intend to. If the government was really serious about stoping smoking then they would totally ban smoking anything. But they get sooo much from it.

Its the same for speed camera. They change the speed limit based on what scientists say. THEY DONT f**k DRIVE THERE WTF!!!!!!. Its a revenue raiser and the government loves it.

Like you guys said we could not buy petrol for a day but that wont work as you said. Some one will have to get it anyway and the next day everyone that didnt get it the day before will be filling up so the compainies dont care. I personally think they can drop the prices because there are all these shoper-docket things here where u can save 4c, 8c, or even up to 30c. JUST PUT THE PRICE DOWN MOFO.

Then again i get my P's Wed the 14th so no more bus and i pay 4 times the ammount to travelle. Its going to happen.

Whats even funnier is that my mum used to complain when petty was 70c/L. LOL

Yeah but in the cities we have to drive like maniacs because everyone is rushing to get somewhere. So we use fuel way quicker, hence we need it cheaper.

it gets exported because we don't own it...

I did a bit of travelling early this year. In the UK we were paying $2.60 australian per L. Went over to california where everyone is yelling and screaming about fuel prices and paid about $1 per litre (yet every 2nd car is a pickup with a 6L engine, SUV, mustang, etc).

We are somewhere in the middle. Considering our small spread out population and how far that excise money has to stretch I dont think we have to much to complain about.

how can you export something you don't own?if we didn't have public ownership of the oil it wouldn't reflect on the governments budget so much

a $1.40 old news, its been like that is western nsw for bout 3months a $1.45 down there

$1.53 for BP Ultimate today in Sydney 58ltrs for rufly $90

man i remember when fuel hit a solid $1 (on a bad week) back when i had just gotten my p's. i was fumin' then but now i pray for petrol to go back down. f**k s**t the price of fuel is and dont any of you give me that political crap. s**t petrol at more than premium price.

its s**t, how they do the prices, but ahh well, i go through heaps now with the 5spd but i dnt really care, i just budget for it in my pay now

same here..... i dont have the option of driving less, i just have to cut back elsewhere

but hey.... my sprint does pretty good on fuel!

my new job is only a 5min pushy ride from my house.
save $80 a week on feul and loose weight and get fit at the same time.
yay for me

Costs me 45 bucks a week if I only go to Tafe and back. Ahwell, what can I do about the price ay.

suppose its up to the individual as to where you live as its a matter of choice... but yes, acknowledged.. country people have it worse... to do with petrol prices and transport systems..

yeah,$90 hurts doesnt it... wil have to have banking facilities at the servo so we can take out loans for when the fuel prices rise and we need to fill our falcons fuel tank full..