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10:00AM Angus Kidman | Back in July, we suggested that the ACCC wasn’t likely to let massive fuel discounts in return for large amounts of supermarket spending become the norm. Last week, it proved exactly that. More »
ACCC Keeping Tight Watch On Petrol Discounts
10:00AM Angus Kidman | Back in July, we suggested that the ACCC wasn’t likely to let massive fuel discounts in return for large amounts of supermarket spending become the norm. Last week, it proved exactly that. More » 
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1:00PM Angus Kidman | The ACCC has ruled that petrol promotions by Coles and Woolworths didn’t break competition law, but that doesn’t necessarily mean we’re going to see lots more “40 cents off per litre” discounts. More »
Will We See More Massive Petrol Discounts?
1:00PM Angus Kidman | The ACCC has ruled that petrol promotions by Coles and Woolworths didn’t break competition law, but that doesn’t necessarily mean we’re going to see lots more “40 cents off per litre” discounts. More »
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Set Up A Personal Fuel Cost Hedge Fund
10:30PM Kevin Purdy | As part of his goal to get readers to save $1,000 in 30 days, personal finance blogger Ramit Sethi suggests setting up a personal fuel hedging fund to protect against rising petrol prices eating into your best intentions. His own method calls for figuring out what you were paying for petrol a month ago, setting up an automated bank sub-account, and transferring his monthly savings in gas costs to it. Setting a calendar reminder, he’ll check the cost of fuel in three months, and pull from the fund if needed, or drop more in if prices fall. If you’re not the type to save receipts, Sethi suggests an expense tracker like Mint to deliver your fuel costs to you. It’s basically an advanced means of tricking yourself into saving money, but a worthy one. Photo by ‘bert. Use gas prices to become your own hedge fund [I Will Teach You to be Rich] More »
FuelFrog Tracks Mileage from Twitter Posts
6:00AM Kevin Purdy | US-centric – Free fuel-tracking service FuelFrog provides a service you could technically do yourself, but it’s a lot more convenient than keeping a paper journal and doing monthly division work. Whenever you fill up your car, you can Twitter FuelFrog with your miles since the last fill-up, price per gallon, and gallons pumped, and your data will be graphed and tracked to show you how many miles per gallon you’re getting. It can serve as visual reinforcement to start driving for fuel efficiency, or just a confirmation of your car’s real-world mileage. Fuelfrog [via Download Squad] More »Fuel Watch
12:09PM Sarah Stokely | Drivers will be able to get daily updates of where to buy the cheapest petrol under a nationwide Fuelwatch scheme which will start in December. It will be run by watchdog the ACCC. You’ll be able to get the updates via SMS, email or at the website. WA’s run a similar scheme for years, according to The Age article. More » 
