Newspaper advertisements placed by Independent retailers claim unsubsidised petrol stations cannot compete if discounts offered by supermarket chains go above 6 or 7 cents per litre.

Countries differ considerably in terms of the price drivers pay for gasoline. Using data from a large sample of countries, this paper provides new evidence regarding the implications of these differences of the consumption of gasoline for road transport and the fuel economy of new vehicles.

Consumers only receive part of the benefit of fuel subsidies, writes Flavio Menezes.

In early June 2007 the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), via its ongoing monitoring of petrol prices, detected a substantial divergence between movements in domestic petrol prices and movements in the international benchmark price for refined petrol.

This Senate report looks at the relationship between the landed price of crude oil, refining costs, the wholesale price and the retail price of petrol; regional differences in the retail price of petrol; variations in the retail price of petrol at particular times; the industry's integrated structure; and any other related matters.