O'Farrell backflip on ban of standard unleaded in NSW
BY: IMRE SALUSINSZKY, NSW POLITICAL REPORTER From:
The Australian January 31, 2012
MOTORISTS in NSW will not be forced to choose between ethanol-blended petrol or paying more at the bowser after a backflip last night by the O'Farrell government.
State cabinet decided to dump a plan, inherited from Labor, that would have banned standard unleaded petrol from July 1, leaving motorists to choose between premium unleaded or petrol containing 10 per cent ethanol, a biofuel derived from crops. The owners of 750,000 cars unsuited to ethanol would have had no choice but to switch to premium, paying about an extra 15 cents per litre.
The backflip comes after anger from motorists and petrol station operators, along with a cabinet leak that revealed opposition to the plan by bureaucrats and the national competition watchdog.
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