National Fuelwatch (Empowering Consumers) Bill 2008; National Fuelwatch (Empowering Consumers) (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2008

27 August 2008

© Commonwealth of Australia 2008
ISBN 978-0-642-71974-4

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View the report as separate downloadable parts:

Membership of Committee	(PDF 8KB)
Chapter 1 - Introduction	(PDF 7KB)
Chapter 2 - Background and conduct of the inquiry	(PDF 8KB)
Chapter 3 - The Economics of Fuelwatch	(PDF 48KB)
Addressing information asymmetries Information costs Petrol price cycles Intra-day price movements
Chapter 4 - FuelWatch in Western Australia	(PDF 112KB)
Opinions of FuelWatch in WA Comparison of Perth fuel prices with other capitals Econometric approaches
Chapter 5 - Fuelwatch and independent operators	(PDF 25KB)
Challenges facing independents Concerns raised by independents about Fuelwatch The experience of independents under FuelWatch in Western Australia
Coalition Senators' critique of Labor’s Interim Report into the proposed National FuelWatch Scheme	(PDF 57KB)
Introduction The Economics of FuelWatch – Outlawing price decreases hurts consumers FuelWatch in Western Australia Fuelwatch and Independent Operators Conclusions
Bibliography	(PDF 6KB)

 

For further information, contact:

Committee Secretary
Senate Standing Committees on Economics
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Australia

Phone:	+61 2 6277 3540
Fax:	+61 2 6277 5719
Email:	economics.sen@aph.gov.au