This report presents IPART's draft findings on the retail market for E10, along with the draft findings on the wholesale ethanol market and the form of price regulation needed in that market.

A marginal saving in health costs in the four major Australian cities would arise from widespread use of E5 and E10 ethanol blends, according to this study. But this saving will be eroded over time as new vehicles, with improved emission control technology, enter the Australian fleet.

The use of fuel ethanol-ethanol blended with petrol-has received considerable negative publicity. This paper examines the background to the controversy and the arguments for and against its use, including as a means of assisting the sugar industry, the environmental benefits and costs, the effects on car engines, and the consequences of mandating blending ethanol and...