They see a situation where there's this disparity between city and country. They're being ripped off to the tune of anything up to 13 cents a litre, according according to the Automobile Association and they have a GST on top of that which is ever widening that gap between city and country. They see very, very little return of that money to their country roads. They scribbled the message about petrol on their ballot papers in the Queensland election last Saturday and they said it again in the Morgan and Banks survey released in the 'Daily Telegraph' today. And to make matters worse, not only are the voters unforgiving on petrol prices, they're also unappreciative of what the Government has done to keep prices down.
Recent evidence suggests that's done little to close the gap between city and country fuel prices.
Because of the huge increase in petrol prices since the introduction of that scheme, it's disappeared off the radar. Motorists don't even realise they're getting it. Though it's hard to believe a Government can continue to ignore the clamour. But that hasn't worked. At the National Party meeting in Corowa last night, it seems there was serious talk about doing something more on fuel.