Re: Then and now ULP prices

Jason James wrote:
>
>Nahh, paper-plane, then throw it at the petrol tax-man. It was Hawkey who
>tied our petrol pricing thru taxes "to the rest of the world" IIRC to"not
>let Australians get a valuable resource too cheaply,..as it doesn't
promote
>frugality of petrol use" It wasn't exactly word for word, but Hawke did
say
>something like that whilst PM.

No he didn't!

Parity pricing was introduced in 1978.  The PM was Malcolm Fraser.  

http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/rn/2000-01/01RN29.htm

"The Hawke Government effectively ended im****t parity pricing of crude
oil (which the Fraser Government introduced in the 1978-79 Budget)
when it fully deregulated domestic crude oil supply and marketing
arrangements on 1 January 1988. Since then, prices of domestic crude
oil have reflected world market prices."

-- 
John H