Would you believe Charlie our fuel prices in Australia are controlled by the Singapore market and dollar?
With oil at $28 a barrel, this morning I filled my car with 95 octane rating fuel, won't use 10% ethanol rubbish, and still at $1.43 a litre, or $6.44 a gallon! I should have got shares in petroleum companies. Our ultra right wing Government gave Shell and CaLtex approval to close the only two refineries in Australia and import ALL fuel from Singapore, and then leased the port of Darwin, our main Asian defence port, to the PRC for 99 years. I don't know what happens if we go to war with Singapore or Indonesia and need fuel. Heaven forbid we need to get naval ships and supplies out of Darwin to deploy against the PRC.