Qld: Federal policies helped push up petrol prices RACQ

AAP General News (Australia)
02-01-2001
Qld: Federal policies helped push up petrol prices RACQ

Queensland's leading motoring body says federal government policies have contributed
to a $10 increase in the cost of filling the average car.

R-A-C-Q chief executive ALAN TERRY says petrol price hikes have mainly been caused
by higher world oil prices and a weak Australian dollar.

But he says the federal government has made a major contribution with the GST and the
twice-yearly indexation of excise.

Mr TERRY says taxes on petrol in Queensland have increased by up to nine per cent since
the introduction of the new tax system last year.

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KEYWORD: PETROL QLD (BRISBANE)

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