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Mr Bryan Nye, currently Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Property Institute, has been appointed Executive Director of the Australian Institute of Petroleum. The appointment takes effect from 7 August 2000. In announcing the appointment, the Chairman of the Institute, Mr Peter Duncan,…Date
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Australia's oil industry today rejected Federal Government claims that cost reductions as a result of tax reform would see industry savings of 1.5 cpl on petrol and diesel. The Deputy Director of the Australian Institute of Petroleum, Mr Ewen Macpherson, said the Government's claimed cost…Date
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The oil industry today supported the announcement by the Federal Minister for the Environment Robert Hill that leaded petrol would be phased out nationally by 1 January 2002. 'The oil companies will be introducing lead replacement petrol progressively in each State, in consultation with State…Date
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The Australian Institute of Petroleum has welcomed the Federal Government's decision to crack down on illicit fuel blending activities, but has urged wider reform to stop the problem re-occurring in the future. "Today's announcement by the Assistant Treasurer, Senator Rod Kemp, that the…Date
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The Australian Institute of Petroleum today called on the Australian Automobile Association to support measures to combat the current fuel substitution racket. AIP Executive Director, Mr Jim Starkey, said the Australian Automobile Association's opposition to excise uniformity on petroleum…Date
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The oil industry today urged Federal and State Governments to introduce measures to end once and for all fuel substitution practices. The call follows exposure of the latest racket, which involves unscrupulous operators blending the solvent toluene into petrol, so as to evade payment of…Date
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"Despite constant accusations of oil company price manipulation, the facts show that petrol prices fell in every town and city measured by the independent Informed Sources petrol price monitoring service," the Executive Director of the Australian Institute of Petroleum, Mr Bryan Nye, said today…Date
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OIL INDUSTRY ACTION AGENDA RELEASED The Federal Government and the oil industry today released the Downstream Petroleum Products Action Agenda. AIP Chairman, Peter Duncan, said that the refining industry had come under severe challenge in recent years, the result of severe competition from…Date
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The oil industry has welcomed the ACCC’s report of its investigation of petrol price movements from January to August 1999. The ACCC’s investigation has confirmed that increases in petrol prices have been lower than would be justified by increases in world oil prices. The key findings of the…Date
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The oil industry is extremely disappointed that the Government has found it necessary to withdraw the petroleum industry reform package. This withdrawal is the result of the failure by the Motor Trades Association of Australia (MTAA) to accept a key element of the Government’s reform package. By…