Understanding how petrol consumption responds to price changes and who bears the burden when prices rise is critical to both designing relief measures in times of volatility as well as setting petrol tax rates in normal times. This research provides evidence on how petrol consumption responds to price changes and how it varies across households.

As Australians face a cost of living crisis, petrol is one of the top household expenses causing the most financial stress. This paper argues that an effective New Vehicle Efficiency Standard (NVES) will help tackle the cost of living and pollution challenges together.

This paper raises concerns about the observed increase in market concentration in Australia over the past twenty years that is not benign and has potential competitive consequences.

This study estimates the effect of gasoline prices on road deaths by vehicle mode using annual data for 62 countries for 2000–2018 and all states of the United States (US) for 1998–2018.

This report analyses annual and monthly average retail petrol prices in 2018, to identify the highest and lowest priced major retailers in the eight Australian capital cities.