❓ Minister Kobelke defends the FuelWatch program, claiming it has reduced fuel price disparities between Perth and regional WA, leading to savings for consumers. Opposition members dispute the program's effectiveness in rural areas.
AnsweredQoN 1364Legislative Assembly
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Will the minister advise the House of the quantifiable benefits of the FuelWatch program for consumers? Mr J.C. KOBELKE
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I thank the member for Eyre for his question and also for the strong representations he has made on numerous occasions on behalf of motorists and fuel retailers in his electorate. We have a fantastic story to tell with FuelWatch. Mr B.K. Masters: Not in country areas! Mr M.W. Trenorden: You have totally failed on this issue. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr J.C. KOBELKE: It is interesting when members opposite interject, because they do not like the facts to get in the way of the stories they have run. They run totally false stories because they do not want the facts. I will look at the facts. I will first look at the situation in metropolitan Perth before moving on to the situation in rural Western Australia. The 24-hour fixing of fuel prices means that motorists in metropolitan Perth know what the price of petrol will be on the following day. The cheapest 100 outlets are tagged. There are about 350 or so service stations in Perth. The tagging of the cheapest 100 outlets often covers more than half the service stations in Perth, because at the cut-off point there may be 50 different service stations that are selling petrol at the median price. The prices outlined as the cheapest 100 will be at or below the average price. When we compare the fuel prices of the cheapest 100 service stations in Perth for the period 1 January to 30 September this year with the average price paid in Adelaide, Perth motorists saved 1.86c a litre. Petrol was sold in Perth at 1c a litre cheaper than in Sydney, which is a very big and competitive market, and was basically on par with the price paid in Melbourne across the whole of that period. When the situation in Perth is compared with the situation in other capitals, motorists using FuelWatch get a better deal. That is something that the Government will continue to promote, because it provides cheaper fuel for motorists in metropolitan Perth. Clearly, the Leader of the National Party is more interested in the people in his electorate. FuelWatch has meant that the price disadvantage experienced by rural and regional motorists has been reduced by some 25 per cent. The figures I am basing that on were not selectively determined by taking the price paid for fuel on one day here and one day there, as some people do. Motorists in six regional centres of Western Australia paid on average 10.78c a litre more than the price paid by motorists in Perth for the whole of 2001. That was far too high a difference. The price paid in regional Western Australia was more than 10c a litre higher than the price paid in Perth across the whole year. However, from 1 January to 30 September 2003, the differential - the difference between the price paid by regional motorists and the price paid by motorists in Perth - reduced to 8.13c. We have not taken a high point here and a low point there to totally misrepresent the situation, as members opposite do. Those figures were set for every day in each of the regional centres and in metropolitan Perth. Over that period of nearly two years there has been a 25 per cent reduction in the additional cost paid by regional motorists. With the continuation of FuelWatch, the Government is committed to driving the differential down even further so that regional and rural motorists can get an even better deal out of the Gallop Government.
Mr J.C. KOBELKE replied: I thank the member for Eyre for his question and also for the strong representations he has made on numerous occasions on behalf of motorists and fuel retailers in his electorate. We have a fantastic story to tell with FuelWatch. Mr B.K. Masters: Not in country areas! Mr M.W. Trenorden: You have totally failed on this issue. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr J.C. KOBELKE: It is interesting when members opposite interject, because they do not like the facts to get in the way of the stories they have run. They run totally false stories because they do not want the facts. I will look at the facts. I will first look at the situation in metropolitan Perth before moving on to the situation in rural Western Australia. The 24-hour fixing of fuel prices means that motorists in metropolitan Perth know what the price of petrol will be on the following day. The cheapest 100 outlets are tagged. There are about 350 or so service stations in Perth. The tagging of the cheapest 100 outlets often covers more than half the service stations in Perth, because at the cut-off point there may be 50 different service stations that are selling petrol at the median price. The prices outlined as the cheapest 100 will be at or below the average price. When we compare the fuel prices of the cheapest 100 service stations in Perth for the period 1 January to 30 September this year with the average price paid in Adelaide, Perth motorists saved 1.86c a litre. Petrol was sold in Perth at 1c a litre cheaper than in Sydney, which is a very big and competitive market, and was basically on par with the price paid in Melbourne across the whole of that period. When the situation in Perth is compared with the situation in other capitals, motorists using FuelWatch get a better deal. That is something that the Government will continue to promote, because it provides cheaper fuel for motorists in metropolitan Perth. Clearly, the Leader of the National Party is more interested in the people in his electorate. FuelWatch has meant that the price disadvantage experienced by rural and regional motorists has been reduced by some 25 per cent. The figures I am basing that on were not selectively determined by taking the price paid for fuel on one day here and one day there, as some people do. Motorists in six regional centres of Western Australia paid on average 10.78c a litre more than the price paid by motorists in Perth for the whole of 2001. That was far too high a difference. The price paid in regional Western Australia was more than 10c a litre higher than the price paid in Perth across the whole year. However, from 1 January to 30 September 2003, the differential - the difference between the price paid by regional motorists and the price paid by motorists in Perth - reduced to 8.13c. We have not taken a high point here and a low point there to totally misrepresent the situation, as members opposite do. Those figures were set for every day in each of the regional centres and in metropolitan Perth. Over that period of nearly two years there has been a 25 per cent reduction in the additional cost paid by regional motorists. With the continuation of FuelWatch, the Government is committed to driving the differential down even further so that regional and rural motorists can get an even better deal out of the Gallop Government.
I thank the member for Eyre for his question and also for the strong representations he has made on numerous occasions on behalf of motorists and fuel retailers in his electorate. We have a fantastic story to tell with FuelWatch. Mr B.K. Masters: Not in country areas! Mr M.W. Trenorden: You have totally failed on this issue. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr J.C. KOBELKE: It is interesting when members opposite interject, because they do not like the facts to get in the way of the stories they have run. They run totally false stories because they do not want the facts. I will look at the facts. I will first look at the situation in metropolitan Perth before moving on to the situation in rural Western Australia. The 24-hour fixing of fuel prices means that motorists in metropolitan Perth know what the price of petrol will be on the following day. The cheapest 100 outlets are tagged. There are about 350 or so service stations in Perth. The tagging of the cheapest 100 outlets often covers more than half the service stations in Perth, because at the cut-off point there may be 50 different service stations that are selling petrol at the median price. The prices outlined as the cheapest 100 will be at or below the average price. When we compare the fuel prices of the cheapest 100 service stations in Perth for the period 1 January to 30 September this year with the average price paid in Adelaide, Perth motorists saved 1.86c a litre. Petrol was sold in Perth at 1c a litre cheaper than in Sydney, which is a very big and competitive market, and was basically on par with the price paid in Melbourne across the whole of that period. When the situation in Perth is compared with the situation in other capitals, motorists using FuelWatch get a better deal. That is something that the Government will continue to promote, because it provides cheaper fuel for motorists in metropolitan Perth. Clearly, the Leader of the National Party is more interested in the people in his electorate. FuelWatch has meant that the price disadvantage experienced by rural and regional motorists has been reduced by some 25 per cent. The figures I am basing that on were not selectively determined by taking the price paid for fuel on one day here and one day there, as some people do. Motorists in six regional centres of Western Australia paid on average 10.78c a litre more than the price paid by motorists in Perth for the whole of 2001. That was far too high a difference. The price paid in regional Western Australia was more than 10c a litre higher than the price paid in Perth across the whole year. However, from 1 January to 30 September 2003, the differential - the difference between the price paid by regional motorists and the price paid by motorists in Perth - reduced to 8.13c. We have not taken a high point here and a low point there to totally misrepresent the situation, as members opposite do. Those figures were set for every day in each of the regional centres and in metropolitan Perth. Over that period of nearly two years there has been a 25 per cent reduction in the additional cost paid by regional motorists. With the continuation of FuelWatch, the Government is committed to driving the differential down even further so that regional and rural motorists can get an even better deal out of the Gallop Government.
Mr B.K. Masters: Not in country areas! Mr M.W. Trenorden: You have totally failed on this issue. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr J.C. KOBELKE: It is interesting when members opposite interject, because they do not like the facts to get in the way of the stories they have run. They run totally false stories because they do not want the facts. I will look at the facts. I will first look at the situation in metropolitan Perth before moving on to the situation in rural Western Australia. The 24-hour fixing of fuel prices means that motorists in metropolitan Perth know what the price of petrol will be on the following day. The cheapest 100 outlets are tagged. There are about 350 or so service stations in Perth. The tagging of the cheapest 100 outlets often covers more than half the service stations in Perth, because at the cut-off point there may be 50 different service stations that are selling petrol at the median price. The prices outlined as the cheapest 100 will be at or below the average price. When we compare the fuel prices of the cheapest 100 service stations in Perth for the period 1 January to 30 September this year with the average price paid in Adelaide, Perth motorists saved 1.86c a litre. Petrol was sold in Perth at 1c a litre cheaper than in Sydney, which is a very big and competitive market, and was basically on par with the price paid in Melbourne across the whole of that period. When the situation in Perth is compared with the situation in other capitals, motorists using FuelWatch get a better deal. That is something that the Government will continue to promote, because it provides cheaper fuel for motorists in metropolitan Perth. Clearly, the Leader of the National Party is more interested in the people in his electorate. FuelWatch has meant that the price disadvantage experienced by rural and regional motorists has been reduced by some 25 per cent. The figures I am basing that on were not selectively determined by taking the price paid for fuel on one day here and one day there, as some people do. Motorists in six regional centres of Western Australia paid on average 10.78c a litre more than the price paid by motorists in Perth for the whole of 2001. That was far too high a difference. The price paid in regional Western Australia was more than 10c a litre higher than the price paid in Perth across the whole year. However, from 1 January to 30 September 2003, the differential - the difference between the price paid by regional motorists and the price paid by motorists in Perth - reduced to 8.13c. We have not taken a high point here and a low point there to totally misrepresent the situation, as members opposite do. Those figures were set for every day in each of the regional centres and in metropolitan Perth. Over that period of nearly two years there has been a 25 per cent reduction in the additional cost paid by regional motorists. With the continuation of FuelWatch, the Government is committed to driving the differential down even further so that regional and rural motorists can get an even better deal out of the Gallop Government.
Mr M.W. Trenorden: You have totally failed on this issue. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr J.C. KOBELKE: It is interesting when members opposite interject, because they do not like the facts to get in the way of the stories they have run. They run totally false stories because they do not want the facts. I will look at the facts. I will first look at the situation in metropolitan Perth before moving on to the situation in rural Western Australia. The 24-hour fixing of fuel prices means that motorists in metropolitan Perth know what the price of petrol will be on the following day. The cheapest 100 outlets are tagged. There are about 350 or so service stations in Perth. The tagging of the cheapest 100 outlets often covers more than half the service stations in Perth, because at the cut-off point there may be 50 different service stations that are selling petrol at the median price. The prices outlined as the cheapest 100 will be at or below the average price. When we compare the fuel prices of the cheapest 100 service stations in Perth for the period 1 January to 30 September this year with the average price paid in Adelaide, Perth motorists saved 1.86c a litre. Petrol was sold in Perth at 1c a litre cheaper than in Sydney, which is a very big and competitive market, and was basically on par with the price paid in Melbourne across the whole of that period. When the situation in Perth is compared with the situation in other capitals, motorists using FuelWatch get a better deal. That is something that the Government will continue to promote, because it provides cheaper fuel for motorists in metropolitan Perth. Clearly, the Leader of the National Party is more interested in the people in his electorate. FuelWatch has meant that the price disadvantage experienced by rural and regional motorists has been reduced by some 25 per cent. The figures I am basing that on were not selectively determined by taking the price paid for fuel on one day here and one day there, as some people do. Motorists in six regional centres of Western Australia paid on average 10.78c a litre more than the price paid by motorists in Perth for the whole of 2001. That was far too high a difference. The price paid in regional Western Australia was more than 10c a litre higher than the price paid in Perth across the whole year. However, from 1 January to 30 September 2003, the differential - the difference between the price paid by regional motorists and the price paid by motorists in Perth - reduced to 8.13c. We have not taken a high point here and a low point there to totally misrepresent the situation, as members opposite do. Those figures were set for every day in each of the regional centres and in metropolitan Perth. Over that period of nearly two years there has been a 25 per cent reduction in the additional cost paid by regional motorists. With the continuation of FuelWatch, the Government is committed to driving the differential down even further so that regional and rural motorists can get an even better deal out of the Gallop Government.
The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr J.C. KOBELKE: It is interesting when members opposite interject, because they do not like the facts to get in the way of the stories they have run. They run totally false stories because they do not want the facts. I will look at the facts. I will first look at the situation in metropolitan Perth before moving on to the situation in rural Western Australia. The 24-hour fixing of fuel prices means that motorists in metropolitan Perth know what the price of petrol will be on the following day. The cheapest 100 outlets are tagged. There are about 350 or so service stations in Perth. The tagging of the cheapest 100 outlets often covers more than half the service stations in Perth, because at the cut-off point there may be 50 different service stations that are selling petrol at the median price. The prices outlined as the cheapest 100 will be at or below the average price. When we compare the fuel prices of the cheapest 100 service stations in Perth for the period 1 January to 30 September this year with the average price paid in Adelaide, Perth motorists saved 1.86c a litre. Petrol was sold in Perth at 1c a litre cheaper than in Sydney, which is a very big and competitive market, and was basically on par with the price paid in Melbourne across the whole of that period. When the situation in Perth is compared with the situation in other capitals, motorists using FuelWatch get a better deal. That is something that the Government will continue to promote, because it provides cheaper fuel for motorists in metropolitan Perth. Clearly, the Leader of the National Party is more interested in the people in his electorate. FuelWatch has meant that the price disadvantage experienced by rural and regional motorists has been reduced by some 25 per cent. The figures I am basing that on were not selectively determined by taking the price paid for fuel on one day here and one day there, as some people do. Motorists in six regional centres of Western Australia paid on average 10.78c a litre more than the price paid by motorists in Perth for the whole of 2001. That was far too high a difference. The price paid in regional Western Australia was more than 10c a litre higher than the price paid in Perth across the whole year. However, from 1 January to 30 September 2003, the differential - the difference between the price paid by regional motorists and the price paid by motorists in Perth - reduced to 8.13c. We have not taken a high point here and a low point there to totally misrepresent the situation, as members opposite do. Those figures were set for every day in each of the regional centres and in metropolitan Perth. Over that period of nearly two years there has been a 25 per cent reduction in the additional cost paid by regional motorists. With the continuation of FuelWatch, the Government is committed to driving the differential down even further so that regional and rural motorists can get an even better deal out of the Gallop Government.
Mr J.C. KOBELKE: It is interesting when members opposite interject, because they do not like the facts to get in the way of the stories they have run. They run totally false stories because they do not want the facts. I will look at the facts. I will first look at the situation in metropolitan Perth before moving on to the situation in rural Western Australia. The 24-hour fixing of fuel prices means that motorists in metropolitan Perth know what the price of petrol will be on the following day. The cheapest 100 outlets are tagged. There are about 350 or so service stations in Perth. The tagging of the cheapest 100 outlets often covers more than half the service stations in Perth, because at the cut-off point there may be 50 different service stations that are selling petrol at the median price. The prices outlined as the cheapest 100 will be at or below the average price. When we compare the fuel prices of the cheapest 100 service stations in Perth for the period 1 January to 30 September this year with the average price paid in Adelaide, Perth motorists saved 1.86c a litre. Petrol was sold in Perth at 1c a litre cheaper than in Sydney, which is a very big and competitive market, and was basically on par with the price paid in Melbourne across the whole of that period. When the situation in Perth is compared with the situation in other capitals, motorists using FuelWatch get a better deal. That is something that the Government will continue to promote, because it provides cheaper fuel for motorists in metropolitan Perth. Clearly, the Leader of the National Party is more interested in the people in his electorate. FuelWatch has meant that the price disadvantage experienced by rural and regional motorists has been reduced by some 25 per cent. The figures I am basing that on were not selectively determined by taking the price paid for fuel on one day here and one day there, as some people do. Motorists in six regional centres of Western Australia paid on average 10.78c a litre more than the price paid by motorists in Perth for the whole of 2001. That was far too high a difference. The price paid in regional Western Australia was more than 10c a litre higher than the price paid in Perth across the whole year. However, from 1 January to 30 September 2003, the differential - the difference between the price paid by regional motorists and the price paid by motorists in Perth - reduced to 8.13c. We have not taken a high point here and a low point there to totally misrepresent the situation, as members opposite do. Those figures were set for every day in each of the regional centres and in metropolitan Perth. Over that period of nearly two years there has been a 25 per cent reduction in the additional cost paid by regional motorists. With the continuation of FuelWatch, the Government is committed to driving the differential down even further so that regional and rural motorists can get an even better deal out of the Gallop Government.
Clearly, the Leader of the National Party is more interested in the people in his electorate. FuelWatch has meant that the price disadvantage experienced by rural and regional motorists has been reduced by some 25 per cent. The figures I am basing that on were not selectively determined by taking the price paid for fuel on one day here and one day there, as some people do. Motorists in six regional centres of Western Australia paid on average 10.78c a litre more than the price paid by motorists in Perth for the whole of 2001. That was far too high a difference. The price paid in regional Western Australia was more than 10c a litre higher than the price paid in Perth across the whole year. However, from 1 January to 30 September 2003, the differential - the difference between the price paid by regional motorists and the price paid by motorists in Perth - reduced to 8.13c. We have not taken a high point here and a low point there to totally misrepresent the situation, as members opposite do. Those figures were set for every day in each of the regional centres and in metropolitan Perth. Over that period of nearly two years there has been a 25 per cent reduction in the additional cost paid by regional motorists. With the continuation of FuelWatch, the Government is committed to driving the differential down even further so that regional and rural motorists can get an even better deal out of the Gallop Government.
Mr J.C. KOBELKE replied: I thank the member for Eyre for his question and also for the strong representations he has made on numerous occasions on behalf of motorists and fuel retailers in his electorate. We have a fantastic story to tell with FuelWatch. Mr B.K. Masters: Not in country areas! Mr M.W. Trenorden: You have totally failed on this issue. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr J.C. KOBELKE: It is interesting when members opposite interject, because they do not like the facts to get in the way of the stories they have run. They run totally false stories because they do not want the facts. I will look at the facts. I will first look at the situation in metropolitan Perth before moving on to the situation in rural Western Australia. The 24-hour fixing of fuel prices means that motorists in metropolitan Perth know what the price of petrol will be on the following day. The cheapest 100 outlets are tagged. There are about 350 or so service stations in Perth. The tagging of the cheapest 100 outlets often covers more than half the service stations in Perth, because at the cut-off point there may be 50 different service stations that are selling petrol at the median price. The prices outlined as the cheapest 100 will be at or below the average price. When we compare the fuel prices of the cheapest 100 service stations in Perth for the period 1 January to 30 September this year with the average price paid in Adelaide, Perth motorists saved 1.86c a litre. Petrol was sold in Perth at 1c a litre cheaper than in Sydney, which is a very big and competitive market, and was basically on par with the price paid in Melbourne across the whole of that period. When the situation in Perth is compared with the situation in other capitals, motorists using FuelWatch get a better deal. That is something that the Government will continue to promote, because it provides cheaper fuel for motorists in metropolitan Perth. Clearly, the Leader of the National Party is more interested in the people in his electorate. FuelWatch has meant that the price disadvantage experienced by rural and regional motorists has been reduced by some 25 per cent. The figures I am basing that on were not selectively determined by taking the price paid for fuel on one day here and one day there, as some people do. Motorists in six regional centres of Western Australia paid on average 10.78c a litre more than the price paid by motorists in Perth for the whole of 2001. That was far too high a difference. The price paid in regional Western Australia was more than 10c a litre higher than the price paid in Perth across the whole year. However, from 1 January to 30 September 2003, the differential - the difference between the price paid by regional motorists and the price paid by motorists in Perth - reduced to 8.13c. We have not taken a high point here and a low point there to totally misrepresent the situation, as members opposite do. Those figures were set for every day in each of the regional centres and in metropolitan Perth. Over that period of nearly two years there has been a 25 per cent reduction in the additional cost paid by regional motorists. With the continuation of FuelWatch, the Government is committed to driving the differential down even further so that regional and rural motorists can get an even better deal out of the Gallop Government.
I thank the member for Eyre for his question and also for the strong representations he has made on numerous occasions on behalf of motorists and fuel retailers in his electorate. We have a fantastic story to tell with FuelWatch. Mr B.K. Masters: Not in country areas! Mr M.W. Trenorden: You have totally failed on this issue. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr J.C. KOBELKE: It is interesting when members opposite interject, because they do not like the facts to get in the way of the stories they have run. They run totally false stories because they do not want the facts. I will look at the facts. I will first look at the situation in metropolitan Perth before moving on to the situation in rural Western Australia. The 24-hour fixing of fuel prices means that motorists in metropolitan Perth know what the price of petrol will be on the following day. The cheapest 100 outlets are tagged. There are about 350 or so service stations in Perth. The tagging of the cheapest 100 outlets often covers more than half the service stations in Perth, because at the cut-off point there may be 50 different service stations that are selling petrol at the median price. The prices outlined as the cheapest 100 will be at or below the average price. When we compare the fuel prices of the cheapest 100 service stations in Perth for the period 1 January to 30 September this year with the average price paid in Adelaide, Perth motorists saved 1.86c a litre. Petrol was sold in Perth at 1c a litre cheaper than in Sydney, which is a very big and competitive market, and was basically on par with the price paid in Melbourne across the whole of that period. When the situation in Perth is compared with the situation in other capitals, motorists using FuelWatch get a better deal. That is something that the Government will continue to promote, because it provides cheaper fuel for motorists in metropolitan Perth. Clearly, the Leader of the National Party is more interested in the people in his electorate. FuelWatch has meant that the price disadvantage experienced by rural and regional motorists has been reduced by some 25 per cent. The figures I am basing that on were not selectively determined by taking the price paid for fuel on one day here and one day there, as some people do. Motorists in six regional centres of Western Australia paid on average 10.78c a litre more than the price paid by motorists in Perth for the whole of 2001. That was far too high a difference. The price paid in regional Western Australia was more than 10c a litre higher than the price paid in Perth across the whole year. However, from 1 January to 30 September 2003, the differential - the difference between the price paid by regional motorists and the price paid by motorists in Perth - reduced to 8.13c. We have not taken a high point here and a low point there to totally misrepresent the situation, as members opposite do. Those figures were set for every day in each of the regional centres and in metropolitan Perth. Over that period of nearly two years there has been a 25 per cent reduction in the additional cost paid by regional motorists. With the continuation of FuelWatch, the Government is committed to driving the differential down even further so that regional and rural motorists can get an even better deal out of the Gallop Government.
Mr B.K. Masters: Not in country areas! Mr M.W. Trenorden: You have totally failed on this issue. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr J.C. KOBELKE: It is interesting when members opposite interject, because they do not like the facts to get in the way of the stories they have run. They run totally false stories because they do not want the facts. I will look at the facts. I will first look at the situation in metropolitan Perth before moving on to the situation in rural Western Australia. The 24-hour fixing of fuel prices means that motorists in metropolitan Perth know what the price of petrol will be on the following day. The cheapest 100 outlets are tagged. There are about 350 or so service stations in Perth. The tagging of the cheapest 100 outlets often covers more than half the service stations in Perth, because at the cut-off point there may be 50 different service stations that are selling petrol at the median price. The prices outlined as the cheapest 100 will be at or below the average price. When we compare the fuel prices of the cheapest 100 service stations in Perth for the period 1 January to 30 September this year with the average price paid in Adelaide, Perth motorists saved 1.86c a litre. Petrol was sold in Perth at 1c a litre cheaper than in Sydney, which is a very big and competitive market, and was basically on par with the price paid in Melbourne across the whole of that period. When the situation in Perth is compared with the situation in other capitals, motorists using FuelWatch get a better deal. That is something that the Government will continue to promote, because it provides cheaper fuel for motorists in metropolitan Perth. Clearly, the Leader of the National Party is more interested in the people in his electorate. FuelWatch has meant that the price disadvantage experienced by rural and regional motorists has been reduced by some 25 per cent. The figures I am basing that on were not selectively determined by taking the price paid for fuel on one day here and one day there, as some people do. Motorists in six regional centres of Western Australia paid on average 10.78c a litre more than the price paid by motorists in Perth for the whole of 2001. That was far too high a difference. The price paid in regional Western Australia was more than 10c a litre higher than the price paid in Perth across the whole year. However, from 1 January to 30 September 2003, the differential - the difference between the price paid by regional motorists and the price paid by motorists in Perth - reduced to 8.13c. We have not taken a high point here and a low point there to totally misrepresent the situation, as members opposite do. Those figures were set for every day in each of the regional centres and in metropolitan Perth. Over that period of nearly two years there has been a 25 per cent reduction in the additional cost paid by regional motorists. With the continuation of FuelWatch, the Government is committed to driving the differential down even further so that regional and rural motorists can get an even better deal out of the Gallop Government.
Mr M.W. Trenorden: You have totally failed on this issue. The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr J.C. KOBELKE: It is interesting when members opposite interject, because they do not like the facts to get in the way of the stories they have run. They run totally false stories because they do not want the facts. I will look at the facts. I will first look at the situation in metropolitan Perth before moving on to the situation in rural Western Australia. The 24-hour fixing of fuel prices means that motorists in metropolitan Perth know what the price of petrol will be on the following day. The cheapest 100 outlets are tagged. There are about 350 or so service stations in Perth. The tagging of the cheapest 100 outlets often covers more than half the service stations in Perth, because at the cut-off point there may be 50 different service stations that are selling petrol at the median price. The prices outlined as the cheapest 100 will be at or below the average price. When we compare the fuel prices of the cheapest 100 service stations in Perth for the period 1 January to 30 September this year with the average price paid in Adelaide, Perth motorists saved 1.86c a litre. Petrol was sold in Perth at 1c a litre cheaper than in Sydney, which is a very big and competitive market, and was basically on par with the price paid in Melbourne across the whole of that period. When the situation in Perth is compared with the situation in other capitals, motorists using FuelWatch get a better deal. That is something that the Government will continue to promote, because it provides cheaper fuel for motorists in metropolitan Perth. Clearly, the Leader of the National Party is more interested in the people in his electorate. FuelWatch has meant that the price disadvantage experienced by rural and regional motorists has been reduced by some 25 per cent. The figures I am basing that on were not selectively determined by taking the price paid for fuel on one day here and one day there, as some people do. Motorists in six regional centres of Western Australia paid on average 10.78c a litre more than the price paid by motorists in Perth for the whole of 2001. That was far too high a difference. The price paid in regional Western Australia was more than 10c a litre higher than the price paid in Perth across the whole year. However, from 1 January to 30 September 2003, the differential - the difference between the price paid by regional motorists and the price paid by motorists in Perth - reduced to 8.13c. We have not taken a high point here and a low point there to totally misrepresent the situation, as members opposite do. Those figures were set for every day in each of the regional centres and in metropolitan Perth. Over that period of nearly two years there has been a 25 per cent reduction in the additional cost paid by regional motorists. With the continuation of FuelWatch, the Government is committed to driving the differential down even further so that regional and rural motorists can get an even better deal out of the Gallop Government.
The SPEAKER: Order, members! Mr J.C. KOBELKE: It is interesting when members opposite interject, because they do not like the facts to get in the way of the stories they have run. They run totally false stories because they do not want the facts. I will look at the facts. I will first look at the situation in metropolitan Perth before moving on to the situation in rural Western Australia. The 24-hour fixing of fuel prices means that motorists in metropolitan Perth know what the price of petrol will be on the following day. The cheapest 100 outlets are tagged. There are about 350 or so service stations in Perth. The tagging of the cheapest 100 outlets often covers more than half the service stations in Perth, because at the cut-off point there may be 50 different service stations that are selling petrol at the median price. The prices outlined as the cheapest 100 will be at or below the average price. When we compare the fuel prices of the cheapest 100 service stations in Perth for the period 1 January to 30 September this year with the average price paid in Adelaide, Perth motorists saved 1.86c a litre. Petrol was sold in Perth at 1c a litre cheaper than in Sydney, which is a very big and competitive market, and was basically on par with the price paid in Melbourne across the whole of that period. When the situation in Perth is compared with the situation in other capitals, motorists using FuelWatch get a better deal. That is something that the Government will continue to promote, because it provides cheaper fuel for motorists in metropolitan Perth. Clearly, the Leader of the National Party is more interested in the people in his electorate. FuelWatch has meant that the price disadvantage experienced by rural and regional motorists has been reduced by some 25 per cent. The figures I am basing that on were not selectively determined by taking the price paid for fuel on one day here and one day there, as some people do. Motorists in six regional centres of Western Australia paid on average 10.78c a litre more than the price paid by motorists in Perth for the whole of 2001. That was far too high a difference. The price paid in regional Western Australia was more than 10c a litre higher than the price paid in Perth across the whole year. However, from 1 January to 30 September 2003, the differential - the difference between the price paid by regional motorists and the price paid by motorists in Perth - reduced to 8.13c. We have not taken a high point here and a low point there to totally misrepresent the situation, as members opposite do. Those figures were set for every day in each of the regional centres and in metropolitan Perth. Over that period of nearly two years there has been a 25 per cent reduction in the additional cost paid by regional motorists. With the continuation of FuelWatch, the Government is committed to driving the differential down even further so that regional and rural motorists can get an even better deal out of the Gallop Government.
Mr J.C. KOBELKE: It is interesting when members opposite interject, because they do not like the facts to get in the way of the stories they have run. They run totally false stories because they do not want the facts. I will look at the facts. I will first look at the situation in metropolitan Perth before moving on to the situation in rural Western Australia. The 24-hour fixing of fuel prices means that motorists in metropolitan Perth know what the price of petrol will be on the following day. The cheapest 100 outlets are tagged. There are about 350 or so service stations in Perth. The tagging of the cheapest 100 outlets often covers more than half the service stations in Perth, because at the cut-off point there may be 50 different service stations that are selling petrol at the median price. The prices outlined as the cheapest 100 will be at or below the average price. When we compare the fuel prices of the cheapest 100 service stations in Perth for the period 1 January to 30 September this year with the average price paid in Adelaide, Perth motorists saved 1.86c a litre. Petrol was sold in Perth at 1c a litre cheaper than in Sydney, which is a very big and competitive market, and was basically on par with the price paid in Melbourne across the whole of that period. When the situation in Perth is compared with the situation in other capitals, motorists using FuelWatch get a better deal. That is something that the Government will continue to promote, because it provides cheaper fuel for motorists in metropolitan Perth. Clearly, the Leader of the National Party is more interested in the people in his electorate. FuelWatch has meant that the price disadvantage experienced by rural and regional motorists has been reduced by some 25 per cent. The figures I am basing that on were not selectively determined by taking the price paid for fuel on one day here and one day there, as some people do. Motorists in six regional centres of Western Australia paid on average 10.78c a litre more than the price paid by motorists in Perth for the whole of 2001. That was far too high a difference. The price paid in regional Western Australia was more than 10c a litre higher than the price paid in Perth across the whole year. However, from 1 January to 30 September 2003, the differential - the difference between the price paid by regional motorists and the price paid by motorists in Perth - reduced to 8.13c. We have not taken a high point here and a low point there to totally misrepresent the situation, as members opposite do. Those figures were set for every day in each of the regional centres and in metropolitan Perth. Over that period of nearly two years there has been a 25 per cent reduction in the additional cost paid by regional motorists. With the continuation of FuelWatch, the Government is committed to driving the differential down even further so that regional and rural motorists can get an even better deal out of the Gallop Government.
Clearly, the Leader of the National Party is more interested in the people in his electorate. FuelWatch has meant that the price disadvantage experienced by rural and regional motorists has been reduced by some 25 per cent. The figures I am basing that on were not selectively determined by taking the price paid for fuel on one day here and one day there, as some people do. Motorists in six regional centres of Western Australia paid on average 10.78c a litre more than the price paid by motorists in Perth for the whole of 2001. That was far too high a difference. The price paid in regional Western Australia was more than 10c a litre higher than the price paid in Perth across the whole year. However, from 1 January to 30 September 2003, the differential - the difference between the price paid by regional motorists and the price paid by motorists in Perth - reduced to 8.13c. We have not taken a high point here and a low point there to totally misrepresent the situation, as members opposite do. Those figures were set for every day in each of the regional centres and in metropolitan Perth. Over that period of nearly two years there has been a 25 per cent reduction in the additional cost paid by regional motorists. With the continuation of FuelWatch, the Government is committed to driving the differential down even further so that regional and rural motorists can get an even better deal out of the Gallop Government.
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