Fuel Tax

Think other states will lower petrol prices? Dream on

Most states, especially the larger ones, are struggling to earn revenues and will be unlikely to give up their taxes on fuel, an important source of tax.

Petro-fuels: The search for second-best solutions, or worse

The search for ways to defuse the petrol bomb is heading towards suboptimal solutions.

Oil firms may raise petrol, diesel rates after polls

Petrol price were freed from government control in June 2010 but rates have not moved in tandem with imported cost. <br /><br />