Now I've heard it all!
Jul 26th 2006, 10:14 pm
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Re: Now I've heard it all!
Originally Posted by arkon
On the news tonight they had a slot about inflation in Australia and how it has gone up, apparently the official reason for the rise is the price of petrol and bananas! Petrol I can understand but a 1st world country at the mercy of the price of a kilo of bananas! No other reasons given. So next time your moaning about the interest rate rise and the cost of your mortgages you know to blame the banana.
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Jul 26th 2006, 10:19 pm
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Re: Now I've heard it all!
Originally Posted by mr mover
You still here.???? did,nt you get those Quotes i sent you......send one whinging pom home and get one free .......................... mm
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Jul 26th 2006, 10:34 pm
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Re: Now I've heard it all!
If bananas comprise such a large part of the index basket the whole bl**dy population should be as constipated as hell!
Jul 27th 2006, 3:34 pm
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Re: Now I've heard it all!
Originally Posted by cypherpunk
That's because the excise duty on Petrol in the UK is a fixed (and very high, at 47p) amount, so increases in the base cost of the fuel have a relatively small effect on the total price (link for more).
Jul 27th 2006, 3:37 pm
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Re: Now I've heard it all!
Originally Posted by arkon
It wasn't a tabloid reference as I don't read them. It was the main bona fide TV news, you know that quality thing that sometimes has news in amoungst the sport. Nothing to do with shitty glasses and it's a fact the petrol prices here have risen as a much higher %age than the UK has in the same time period. Also I paid $1.70 for fuel near Canberra the other week. Also apparently the average Australian drives 2.5 times further than the average brit (source can't be assed to find it) So all the nonsense about petrol being cheaper here is tosh. A paddock used to cost me $20 to slash last year and now its nearly $40. Back to bannanas, the RPI isn't worked out based on whether people stop buying a thing or not, if they are in the basket of goods they are counted.
