Download or read book The Marketing and Pricing of Petroleum Products in Australia written by Australia. Royal Commission on Petroleum and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covers : The industry in Australia; The companies; The companies' marketing methods. The industry today, retail outlets, lessee dealer complaints; The companies attitude on the independent businessman. The owner dealer. Rent and the service station. Depot trading. Australian markets, geography and refinery siting; The Victorian market today, confusion, price discrimination and unfair practices. Individual state markets today : NSW, WA, SA, Qld, Tas, NT & ACT. Future supply, source and cost, the need to assess the balance between future demand and supply. What will the cost be? Conservation and cost. How to conserve supply, highway mode is less efficient. Reforming dealer company relationships. Australia and overseas. Rationalisation of outlets, wide agreement - too many service stations. Basic economic factors in retail marketing, service station activities. Rationalisation proposals; What and where. Some companies have rationalisation programs. Company attitude, let the market do it. Problems with current motor spirit pricing practices, cross subsides. Petroleum product price controls, history of price control. A system of administration.