Petrol Price Dropping but what about us Country Folk

[Buddy 1]

I am happy to see the Fuel price dropping still & some predictions of maybe even $1.00 a litre by Christmas which is a long way from the $2.00 a litre many of us were expecting however what about us folk in the country as while City prices are at $1.10 or so a litre we are paying $1.36 & we are not actually in the bush as Port Macquarie is a large Coastal Town only 400 k's north of Sydney.

It comes down to them saying is freight Bah Humbug as freight should only add approx 3 or 4 cents a litre to a place like this as I could understand if we lived in the Alice however we do not.

I will paste a statement made by the NRMA below:

But the NRMA said that rural motorists were missing out as the price of petrol continued to fall in major cities across the country.

"Country motorists are being deliberately ripped off," NRMA motoring and services director Graham Blight said in a statement.

Mr Blight said oil companies were selling petrol in rural Australia 10 to 20 cents above the metropolitan price.

"Oil companies will use the excuse that the discrepancies between city and country petrol prices are due to freight - freight prices should only increase fuel by three cents a litre," Mr Blight said.


So come on Fuel companies or maybe even local servos & give us a fair go :