Wendouree service station sells contaminated fuel
A number of vehicles have been forced off the road after being filled with contaminated diesel at a service station […]
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Would you like fries with that? McDonalds are adding EV charging stations.
It seems the infrastructure to electric vehicles is rapidly being a problem that’s solved. In the past week I’ve written
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7-Eleven axe attacker Evie Amati has jail term increased by five years
A woman who attacked two strangers with an axe in a Sydney convenience store has had her jail term increased
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Electric vehicles no threat as investors bank on WA petrol stations
Western Australia is seeing the biggest investments in petrol stations in many years, a new commercial property report from Ray
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Gunman takes Gold Coast petrol station attendant hostage
A Gold Coast service station attendant has described the moment he was taken hostage by a man in what became
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Caltex boss defends retail pivot after announcing retirement
Caltex Australia’s long-standing chief executive Julian Segal has defended his company’s convenience and retailing pivot after announcing his retirement on
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Could service return to service stations?
A point of distinction in the market is valuable for any business. So could service be the game changer in
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Do customers want convenience store pharmacies
A convenience store stakeholder is urging Australia to look towards the Japanese experience and allow dispensing and health consults in
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Convenience stores and petrol stations push to sell medicine
Would you like antibiotics with your petrol? Service station owners are backing a push for convenience stores to sell
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Alleged fuel thief arrested after Gold Coast cop rammed with car
A man has been arrested and charged after a police officer was “thrown over the bonnet” of his police car
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Government doubles funding for on-street electric car charging
transport Secretary announces extra £2.5 million for chargepoints on residential streets extra funding means people who don’t have their own
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Cop ‘thrown over bonnet’ while trying to stop Gold Coast petrol thief
A Queensland police officer has been “thrown over the bonnet” of his police car while trying to stop a petrol
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Armidale robbery: 15-year-old boy admits to armed robbery of BP service station on July 23
A TEENAGE boy has admitted to the armed hold-up of a service station in Armidale last month. The 15-year-old is
Push for 24-hour convenience stores to sell prescription medicines
The peak body for convenience stores has backed calls to relax the strict rules governing pharmacies to enable Australians to
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Gosnells, Perth 7-Eleven service station sold for $5.1 million
A 7-Eleven service station and convenience store in the south-eastern Perth suburb of Gosnells has sold for $5.1 million. The
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“It takes 21 days to change our habits”: Inside 7-Eleven’s free coffee initiative
While Woolworths’ CEO Brad Banducci defends the supermarket’s use of plastic-toy giveaways to drive sales, 7-Eleven is taking a different
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MLC puts Tasmanian smoking legislation on hold
A move to ban the sale of cigarettes to Tasmanians aged under 21 has been put on hold. Independent member
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Cheap fuel won’t last: RACQ
State’s peak motoring body has warned Brisbane drivers would soon be faced with a rude shock at the bowser as
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Action needed on electric vehicle road user charging
The Australian Trucking Association (ATA) has backed calls for the Government to act on road user charging for electric vehicles,
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Fossil fuel holdings cost BlackRock investors $90bn
BlackRock has lost more than US$90 billion ($133bn) by investing in fossil fuel-dependent companies over the last decade, a new
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Aussies praise 7-Eleven for free coffee giveaway
It sounds too good to be true, which is why customers are frothing about the convenience store’s “immense” freebie. Here’s
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ACCC’s sloppy logic on electric vehicles fails to consider health costs
The ACCC’s claim that pollution-emitting vehicles are unfairly subsidising zero-emission vehicles completely overlooks the enormous health cost to the taxpayer
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Petrol myths, busted
RACV experts debunk 10 of the most common petrol myths. So we all know it’s cheaper to buy petrol on
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ACCC says EV owners not paying their fair share
Chairman of the ACCC Rod Sims has caused a stir with comments that wealthy electric vehicle drivers have an unfair
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Fuel deal won’t lessen risk of pumps running dry
Energy Minister Angus Taylor has announced that the government is negotiating to buy millions of barrels of oil from America’s
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Australia has less than a month of fuel in reserves: Are we heading to fuel rationing?
Australia could be heading into a period of fuel rationing as reserves drop dangerously low, with less than a month
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Coalition aims to lower domestic gas costs
Businesses and households could find themselves with lower power bills as the federal government seeks to shore up Australia’s domestic
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Auto groups urge ‘fairer’ system for petrol cars
The Royal Automobile Club of Victoria has demanded an overhaul of the “broken” system of car taxes and road charges,
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Australia looks to access US fuel reserves to shore up supplies amid Persian Gulf tensions
Australia is eyeing off the United States’ tightly guarded fuel reserve as it seeks to overcome having less than a
Petrol rationing a real risk if Persian Gulf tensions continue
Petrol rationing, not seen since the 1970s, could be coming to a service station near you if tensions continue to
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