The first quarterly report into the Australian petroleum industry released by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) today shows that after reaching a low in January 2015, petrol prices have begun to rise, reflecting international trends. While falls in capital city prices correlate with international trends, the is not always the case in regional […]
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Caltex Australia have announced the appointment of Adam Ritchie to the newly created position of General Manager – Supply. In the new position Mr Ritchie will be responsible for ensuring competitive and reliable product supply for Caltex, a function of particular importance as Caltex continues to transform their supply chain. Mr Ritchie will commence as
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A new offering from Australian firm JEA Technologies – the Smart Antenna by iSIGN Media – gives convenience stores, fuel outlets and retailers of all kinds the ability to reach out to new and existing customers, while also collecting data and measuring the effectiveness of promotions. Technology such as the Smart Antenna provides location based
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Gull New Zealand – an independent, family owned oil company with a 60 retail outlets including Night ‘n Day Foodstores – is raising the bar for service station toilets. Gull has refurbished 14 of its service station customer rest rooms, with unique designs inspired by the community, environment or location surrounding each site. The renovations
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Viva Energy Australia, the exclusive distributor of Shell branded fuels and lubricants in Australia, has completed its acquisition of a non-controlling stake in Liberty Oil, one of its largest retail customers. Viva Energy businesses include the Shell Geelong refinery, supported by more than 20 terminals across the country supplying around 870 petrol convenience sites. Scott
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Fuel prices are falling rapidly so that motorists should expect petrol price relief before Christmas, with average national petrol price falling about 10 cents to around $1.40 a litre in November, thanks to a global oil glut and a price battle between USA shale oil producers and the Saudi-Arabia-led OPEC countries. According to the NRMA,
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A Victorian petrol station operator has shown no contrition for underpaying two console operators as little as $10 an hour, resulting in them needing to seek additional income to meet living expenses. The operator, Wedderburn Petroleum Pty Ltd, has been fined $123,915 in the Federal Circuit Court for the underpayments. The company formerly operated a
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In a simplification of some elements of the retail alliance between Caltex Australia and Woolworths Petrol, 92 Caltex-operated sites will be rebranded as ‘Star Mart’ or ‘Star Shop’ convenience stores while continuing to offer the Woolworths fuel discount redemption. Thirty nine sites – located in close proximity to existing Woolworths Petrol sites – will exit
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Puma Energy has announced that global gross profit increased 31% in the third quarter 2013 to US$402 million and EBITDA by 21% to US$167m, while it revealed plans to expand and invest further into Papua New Guinea during its official brand launch. CFO of the globally integrated midstream and downstream energy company, Denis Chazarain, said
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Velocity Frequent Flyer and BP have announced an Australian-first partnership that will see an award-winning airline loyalty program enter into a direct partnership with one of Australia’s largest fuel retailers. With more than 1400 BP service stations around Australia, the ground-breaking multi-year deal will allow all members of Velocity Frequent Flyer to earn points on
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Tatts Group is holding advanced discussions with a number of major players in petrol station convenience stores to sell scratch lottery tickets and daily keno in Victoria from February 2015, after the Victorian Government approved a variation to Tatts’ public lotteries licence in October. The move follows a decision by Greek group Intralot to end
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While Australia has some of the lowest petrol tax rates in the world, the federal government’s move to make twice-yearly adjustments to petrol tax will add half a cent per litre at the bowser. The Government has announced that it will increase fuel excise from November 1 and spend the next 12 months seeking parliamentary
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The Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) called on the Federal Government to exercise caution in relation to steps taken this week to impose higher fuel excise charges on road users. Increasing fuel excise charges places greater pressure on business and is anti-growth. Business understands the government’s challenge to balance the budget and supports
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