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  • Labor will establish 12 publicly-owned fuel stations if re-elected in October, with the sites to be determined by where competition is most needed across the state.
  • In his state of the state address on Tuesday, Mr Miles will also announce Labor's plan to ban petrol stations from raising the price of fuel more than once a day and a trial to cap price increases to 5 cents a litre a day.
  • Australasian Convenience and Petroleum Marketers Association chief executive Mark McKenzie told ABC Radio Brisbane it was unclear if Labor had the ability to implement the plan.
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[-] Gorgritch_umie_killa@aussie.zone 4 points 4 months ago

Huh! Thats a bit of a populist swing. Not necessarily bad, just populist. Could work with voters. Might be an expensive ox-cart to pull on the otherside though.

[-] Bot4Sale@mastodon.social 6 points 4 months ago

@Gorgritch_umie_killa @PetulantBandicoot "Desperate times call for desperate measures". Qld Labor in a nutshell right now. Wonder what the next desperate move will be. I don't mind really as long as it's good for the citizens.

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