I think what the governement is going to have to do is start controlling fuel prices at the bowser by adjusting the tax rate. All fuel prices nation wide will be the same, and the current cents per litre of tax will be frozen at todays or a bit lower rates for the next 3 years. Then after 3 years phase it back into percentage again. This would atleast limit the double punch effect of fuel rises going hand in hand with tax rises.
On one hand the government is saying don't put up prices yet, on the other the experts are saying $2 petrol this year easy and $3 next year, maybe more. Price rises could go above actual petrol rises if the fear is great enough, and the fear is certainly there.
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