To the Honourable the Speaker and Members of the House of Representatives assembled in Parliament:

The petition of certain citizens of Australia draws to the attention of the House that petrol prices in country Victoria are too high and that country Victorians are severely disadvantaged and suffering with prices as high as 12c per litre more than in metropolitan Melbourne.

Your petitioners therefore request the House to adopt the alternative presented by the RACV, Victorian Farmers Federation and the Victoria Automobile Chamber of Commerce which recommends:

the abolition of the PSA's set maximum wholesale price of fuel;

the provision for all wholesale purchasers of access to fuel at the whole terminal gate price for that class of customer;

that the current metropolitan free delivery zone be abolished;

that oil terminals be open to any potential customer or transport operator with a vehicle meeting appropriate standards driven by a suitably qualified driver;

that the ACCC monitor all links in the petrol delivery chain;

that the principles of aforementioned should be put into effect through a separate petroleum industry code of practice on petrol pricing.