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03-07-2022, 07:32 PM | #1831 | ||
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Absolutely need to get everyone back into the office 9-5 in the CBD. The surf has been ridiculously crowded. I'm with the business owners and CBD cafe owners on this one.
On topic: saw under $2 in town on Saturday morning.
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03-07-2022, 08:13 PM | #1832 | |||
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Based on the prices I have seen lately, I think my luck will run out soon. |
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04-07-2022, 04:43 PM | #1833 | ||
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Big social problems coming if things don't change quickly. This is really sad to see. Have been getting "spammed" almost every other day from Food Bank since making contributions during the pandemic.
Some cars are arriving 3 hours before the stations open. You'd think the charitable feed they recieved will be offset by the fuel usage whilst waiting. https://twitter.com/9NewsMelb/status...d4NrZT_Kw&s=19
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04-07-2022, 04:50 PM | #1834 | |||
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04-07-2022, 05:00 PM | #1835 | |||
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04-07-2022, 05:38 PM | #1836 | ||
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Hi Guys,
The Petrol Crisis is hurting everybody. It cost me $100. dollars to fill up my Mondeo at $2 09 cents a litre for 91. They say its going to get worse, soon nobody will be able to afford to use there car. |
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04-07-2022, 05:57 PM | #1837 | ||
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I really don't get the obsession with the petrol price 'crisis'. If you do 15000km/yr @ 13L/100km and the price of fuel goes up by $1/L you will be paying an extra $2000/yr. Are you really going to put your life on hold over an extra $2000? Yeah it sucks paying more and no one wants to pay more than necessary but really...
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04-07-2022, 06:25 PM | #1838 | ||
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Filled up my rental car in Auckland Nz last Thursday.
Was a 2008 Mazda 2 litre. Tank was five eights full. Cost $77nz. |
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04-07-2022, 07:17 PM | #1839 | |||
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To save as much as he could on fuel and later childcare costs he'd drop me and my sister off to my grandparents place, park his car there and fare evade into work on public transport. Apparently according to a certain politician who was on multiple six figures, poor people don't drive cars These days, scenario is much different but there's going to be a lot more in the same scenario my family were in 25 years ago where every little bit counts, $2000 sounds like nothing to most of us but it really hurts to the lower echelon of our society, it also effects the price of the crap you buy in the shops. Sure there's more government support these days for those down on the bottom of the ladder but it's still not easy. Last edited by Franco Cozzo; 04-07-2022 at 07:28 PM. |
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04-07-2022, 07:26 PM | #1840 | |||
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04-07-2022, 07:27 PM | #1841 | |||
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It really depends on your income as there is lots of people out there who don't earn high wages like others. For me price of fuel was a big concern to me years ago, being a single income family for 30 years; these days it does not hurt anymore since I'm debt free. Cheers PS: I use diesel and that is lot dearer than petrol, think this adding to cost of living big time with the transport companies. |
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04-07-2022, 07:37 PM | #1842 | |||
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I still pity these people especially with the pensioners these days. |
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04-07-2022, 07:42 PM | #1843 | ||
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Yes costs of living are rising rapidly by the week/month.
Interest rates going up again tmrw. |
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04-07-2022, 07:57 PM | #1844 | ||
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And 22 cents per litre excise relief ends in September….
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04-07-2022, 08:18 PM | #1845 | ||
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Of course they have but that was not my point. I was making the point that I am not going to lose my freedom of travel over a couple of grand. There are plenty of other things most of us can cut back if needed. If you are happy to sit at home to save a couple of grand then that's your choice.
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04-07-2022, 08:36 PM | #1846 | ||
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Wonder what the odds are of it being extended. ScoMo might be a lot of things but he is a very, very good politician. This is a nice little grenade he’s left behind.
If petrol is still above $2 a litre, and $2.30 in some places, I’m not sure Albo and Jimbo will want to be the ones to jack it up even further overnight. |
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04-07-2022, 09:01 PM | #1847 | |||
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04-07-2022, 09:35 PM | #1848 | |||
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05-07-2022, 10:19 AM | #1849 | ||
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HUGE discrepancies now in the eastern subs. 98 ranging from $2.1x to $2.7x, and those are major stations only, sometimes spaced only a couple of Ks apart.
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05-07-2022, 11:03 AM | #1850 | |||
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It all adds up. I wouldn't be surprised if people on average wage were easily losing 10-15% of their wages compared to what they were a year or 2 ago, just on the extra costs of fuel, food, power bills etc. |
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05-07-2022, 11:13 AM | #1851 | |||
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Your annual take home single income after tax is $70,000 because your wife doesn't work as your two kids are young. You have about $100 spare a week after expenses. So yes, the fuel rising $2000 a year for a car is massive for some families I don't know what world you live in mate, but this is the scenario for a lot of aussies right now, doing it tough. I wish that $10,000 of extra living expenses was back in my pocket though, then i could buy another 100 AU's Edit, this is not my scenario, this is an example. In my friends circle I am seeing lots of sacrifices to living costs so they can afford to eat, keep a roof over their heads and still manage to survive.
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05-07-2022, 11:44 AM | #1852 | |||
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I have been a regular business traveller there for the last 30yrs. Got to say it was once miles ahead of messy Sydney of its roads and the general day to day outlook. Its chip on its shoulder to be the No1 city over Sydney is a crown of thorns that now is giving. Years ago traffic at peak was way better but the last 10yrs or so its caught up to Sydney hands down, infact at least in Sydney you can speed reasonably without being pinged whereas Melb, well always been the 0 tolerance State. Sydney's homeless was isolated around the Cross and Woolloomollo Melb now has just as much and wider from my observations. I was there last week for 2days, what a nightmare to drive around the CBD and close burbs. The amount of For Lease signs far out weighs Sydney from observations as well. Another good job there Dan. Unemployed youth around the city streets makes you very sus walking around some parts. Heaps of development going on just wonder what future tenants can afford the rentals the way its going talking about fuel costs for one and the ongoing increase's cost of living...........
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05-07-2022, 12:20 PM | #1853 | |||
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@ $2 a litre, that 13litres/100 is $3900 already. Now you're looking at almost $6000. Thats got to hurt. Your comment would be like me saying people should just buy electric cars and not worry about fuel prices but I'd be quite out of touch to say something like that.
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05-07-2022, 12:27 PM | #1854 | |||
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You have to earn about $6K to get $4K after Tax...so yes, it all adds up.
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05-07-2022, 12:40 PM | #1855 | |||
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Come September more pain and misery for the motorists. |
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05-07-2022, 12:49 PM | #1856 | ||
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Wow, unpopular opinion. I guess when you live in the country and don't have the median $600k home loan or have your work/life balance sorted so you don't have to pay childcare then paying a little more for things isn't really noticed.
That's a win for country living. |
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05-07-2022, 12:53 PM | #1857 | ||
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the fuel tax that was removed in certain percentage didnt even make a dent in the current pricing.
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05-07-2022, 12:58 PM | #1858 | |||
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I'm currently out and about right now in one of the new fledgling reffo suburbs |
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05-07-2022, 12:58 PM | #1859 | ||
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Shell in Blackburn Vic 282 for 98 and Doncaster 222 for 98. 6Km between the two stations.
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05-07-2022, 01:02 PM | #1860 | |||
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