1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,600 Speaker 1: Fuel remains front of mind for all Australians and we've 2 00:00:02,640 --> 00:00:06,520 Speaker 1: already spoken about the Prime Minister's address to the nation. Now, 3 00:00:06,640 --> 00:00:10,840 Speaker 1: Alan Kad, the spokesperson for Motormouth, joins us on the line. 4 00:00:10,880 --> 00:00:14,000 Speaker 1: Good morning, Alan, good a, Katie. Lovely to have you 5 00:00:14,040 --> 00:00:16,920 Speaker 1: on the show. Now, we were all not sure what 6 00:00:16,960 --> 00:00:20,279 Speaker 1: the Prime Minister might announce about fuel overnight, and in 7 00:00:20,360 --> 00:00:23,240 Speaker 1: the end there wasn't much that he sort of said. 8 00:00:23,239 --> 00:00:25,480 Speaker 1: But what did you take away from that address in 9 00:00:25,600 --> 00:00:27,600 Speaker 1: terms of the situation that we're facing. 10 00:00:28,440 --> 00:00:34,559 Speaker 2: Well, it's ongoing uncertainty. For me, we can and we 11 00:00:34,720 --> 00:00:37,120 Speaker 2: don't know what the Americans that again do, we don't 12 00:00:37,159 --> 00:00:39,519 Speaker 2: want the Iranians are going to do, so we can 13 00:00:39,640 --> 00:00:42,600 Speaker 2: just build in this uncertainty factor for a bit longer. 14 00:00:43,640 --> 00:00:45,920 Speaker 2: I don't think it's going away anywhere soon, so I 15 00:00:45,920 --> 00:00:47,640 Speaker 2: think we better make adjustments. 16 00:00:48,120 --> 00:00:50,879 Speaker 1: Yes, so what look, what do people need to do? 17 00:00:51,000 --> 00:00:55,280 Speaker 1: I mean, from Motormouth's perspective at the moment, how concerned 18 00:00:55,320 --> 00:00:58,600 Speaker 1: do you think Australians should be in relation to the supply? 19 00:00:59,760 --> 00:01:05,200 Speaker 2: Well, I think that we will be fine with supply mostly. 20 00:01:05,720 --> 00:01:08,440 Speaker 2: Now let me let me clarify that we've got some 21 00:01:08,440 --> 00:01:10,880 Speaker 2: figures out that I got the team to do this morning. 22 00:01:11,480 --> 00:01:16,160 Speaker 2: And if you look at across Australia, then you've got 23 00:01:16,360 --> 00:01:20,680 Speaker 2: about eight percent of the servos have got a product 24 00:01:20,800 --> 00:01:25,280 Speaker 2: out of stock, all right. If you look, if you 25 00:01:25,360 --> 00:01:30,480 Speaker 2: look across Australia, I'll come back to go in a 26 00:01:30,560 --> 00:01:35,360 Speaker 2: Northern Territory, If you look across Australia, there's one point 27 00:01:35,400 --> 00:01:39,400 Speaker 2: four percent that are completely out of stock. So yes, 28 00:01:39,560 --> 00:01:42,160 Speaker 2: it's you've got to look on the you got to 29 00:01:42,240 --> 00:01:44,400 Speaker 2: use the tools, you've got to go on there because 30 00:01:45,040 --> 00:01:48,800 Speaker 2: every state in Northern Territory as well, every state has 31 00:01:48,840 --> 00:01:51,280 Speaker 2: this compulsory system where you've got to tell the government 32 00:01:51,680 --> 00:01:55,160 Speaker 2: what your petrol fuel prices, but also to put on 33 00:01:55,400 --> 00:01:57,560 Speaker 2: that you're out of stock. And if you go onto 34 00:01:57,640 --> 00:02:01,200 Speaker 2: motormouth dot com dot au, you'll see our dotty map 35 00:02:01,240 --> 00:02:05,160 Speaker 2: there and you can see the gray dots which says 36 00:02:05,520 --> 00:02:08,240 Speaker 2: diesel I got none, don't come here. 37 00:02:09,480 --> 00:02:12,040 Speaker 1: Yeah. Well, and that's something that you guys are experiencing 38 00:02:12,080 --> 00:02:15,160 Speaker 1: in other states at the moment, isn't it all over? Yeah, 39 00:02:15,840 --> 00:02:19,400 Speaker 1: we seem to have been a little bit less impacted 40 00:02:19,400 --> 00:02:22,400 Speaker 1: by them running out here in the Northern Territory. 41 00:02:23,160 --> 00:02:28,120 Speaker 2: Your supply lines are way better than even Sydney Melbourne. 42 00:02:28,280 --> 00:02:31,720 Speaker 2: You know you've got a direct passage from Singapore for 43 00:02:31,760 --> 00:02:35,880 Speaker 2: you you finish products. So we're going to get it 44 00:02:35,880 --> 00:02:38,919 Speaker 2: all the way around past our aeros all stuff down 45 00:02:39,040 --> 00:02:43,200 Speaker 2: in Melbourne. But look, there is a good news story here. 46 00:02:43,600 --> 00:02:46,960 Speaker 2: The good news story is that if you use Motormouth 47 00:02:47,040 --> 00:02:52,320 Speaker 2: dotty maps you can see significant differences in petrol price, 48 00:02:52,440 --> 00:02:58,080 Speaker 2: diesel price and unavailability. Don't waste time driving around, you 49 00:02:58,120 --> 00:02:59,920 Speaker 2: can go and fill up. I mean, I'm looking at 50 00:03:00,120 --> 00:03:03,880 Speaker 2: some sites here down in Darwin City right now, and 51 00:03:03,919 --> 00:03:08,519 Speaker 2: then below three bucks. If I look at the overnight 52 00:03:09,560 --> 00:03:15,320 Speaker 2: maps and reports, the excise duty that has gone down 53 00:03:16,400 --> 00:03:18,680 Speaker 2: has been reflected in the average prices. 54 00:03:19,440 --> 00:03:21,800 Speaker 1: That's good. I mean we were sort of surprised by that, 55 00:03:21,880 --> 00:03:24,160 Speaker 1: to be honest with you. Yesterday morning we thought, oh, 56 00:03:24,240 --> 00:03:26,160 Speaker 1: here we go. These are not going to go down. 57 00:03:26,200 --> 00:03:28,560 Speaker 1: It's going to take forever. But they actually did go 58 00:03:28,600 --> 00:03:30,000 Speaker 1: down faster than what we thought. 59 00:03:30,720 --> 00:03:34,160 Speaker 2: And let's dig into that because let's imagine we've got 60 00:03:34,240 --> 00:03:37,440 Speaker 2: a Katie petrol station, We've got Alan petrol station, and 61 00:03:37,920 --> 00:03:41,280 Speaker 2: I took a load of delivery thirty thousand liters two 62 00:03:41,360 --> 00:03:46,480 Speaker 2: days ago, and I paid the higher duty. You've got 63 00:03:46,520 --> 00:03:50,240 Speaker 2: your delivery today thirty thousand leaders twenty five cents cheaper. 64 00:03:51,440 --> 00:03:55,120 Speaker 2: You are eight thousand dollars better off than me as 65 00:03:55,120 --> 00:03:59,800 Speaker 2: a server. And so the fact that they followed the 66 00:04:00,200 --> 00:04:03,960 Speaker 2: lines down and the averages not every site, because frankly, 67 00:04:04,240 --> 00:04:06,240 Speaker 2: I don't do as much finding him as you do. 68 00:04:06,400 --> 00:04:09,400 Speaker 2: You've got more convenience, et cetera. So I can't give 69 00:04:09,440 --> 00:04:12,920 Speaker 2: off all of the twenty five cents because I paid 70 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:18,080 Speaker 2: the higher price. So there's a message there which says, 71 00:04:18,920 --> 00:04:20,800 Speaker 2: look a little bit of tolents with some of these 72 00:04:20,800 --> 00:04:24,240 Speaker 2: servos that are maybe going down as quickly as they 73 00:04:24,839 --> 00:04:28,239 Speaker 2: as they want to. Everybody wants to get the price 74 00:04:28,320 --> 00:04:32,240 Speaker 2: down because the strains of told servos we will follow 75 00:04:32,279 --> 00:04:35,479 Speaker 2: the cheaper price, but some of them just can't do 76 00:04:35,520 --> 00:04:37,480 Speaker 2: it because eight thousand bucks, I don't know about you 77 00:04:37,560 --> 00:04:38,719 Speaker 2: still needs a lot of money to me. 78 00:04:39,240 --> 00:04:42,520 Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, well this is the thing, hey tell me, 79 00:04:42,920 --> 00:04:45,520 Speaker 1: you know, looking into a crystal ball, and I know 80 00:04:45,560 --> 00:04:47,760 Speaker 1: it's hard at the moment. You know, we've got our 81 00:04:47,800 --> 00:04:50,840 Speaker 1: prime minister, you know, talking last night, We've just heard 82 00:04:50,920 --> 00:04:53,799 Speaker 1: Donald Trump talking a couple of moments ago. But looking 83 00:04:53,800 --> 00:04:56,520 Speaker 1: into that crystal ball, what could be next? 84 00:04:57,320 --> 00:05:01,760 Speaker 2: Well, I think. Look, I think the long term position 85 00:05:01,880 --> 00:05:05,400 Speaker 2: has been reached. Could look, could could crude oil bump 86 00:05:05,520 --> 00:05:08,640 Speaker 2: up and down, up and down twenty twenty dollars of 87 00:05:08,680 --> 00:05:15,159 Speaker 2: the usbarrel, et cetera. Mainly we've reached that reach that 88 00:05:15,680 --> 00:05:19,360 Speaker 2: if the war gets more involved, then it might edge 89 00:05:19,400 --> 00:05:21,479 Speaker 2: up a bit. But that premium in there for the 90 00:05:21,560 --> 00:05:24,800 Speaker 2: war I think is basically locked in. So let's get 91 00:05:24,920 --> 00:05:27,960 Speaker 2: used to the price as being about where they are now. 92 00:05:28,680 --> 00:05:31,920 Speaker 2: That means using public transport, if you can, working from home, 93 00:05:32,040 --> 00:05:36,279 Speaker 2: all those good sort of things. But I don't think 94 00:05:36,720 --> 00:05:39,600 Speaker 2: I can't see that around the corner it's going to 95 00:05:39,680 --> 00:05:44,279 Speaker 2: go up by a dollar. You know, it's already, it's 96 00:05:44,320 --> 00:05:50,080 Speaker 2: already at three bucks. I just there's just not Yes, 97 00:05:50,160 --> 00:05:52,240 Speaker 2: the straight up horr moves is a pain to try 98 00:05:52,279 --> 00:05:55,880 Speaker 2: and get through, but there's also lots of other crude 99 00:05:55,920 --> 00:05:59,560 Speaker 2: oil around the world that will be pumping to make 100 00:05:59,600 --> 00:06:02,120 Speaker 2: this so I don't think we're going to see any 101 00:06:02,160 --> 00:06:03,080 Speaker 2: more great shocks. 102 00:06:03,240 --> 00:06:06,480 Speaker 1: Gee. I hope you're right, Alan, and I reckon everybody 103 00:06:06,520 --> 00:06:09,200 Speaker 1: listening is thinking the same as well. Alan. 104 00:06:09,480 --> 00:06:12,880 Speaker 2: Can I just ask one thing of the listeners, and 105 00:06:12,920 --> 00:06:17,600 Speaker 2: that's this, the console operators, please don't take it out 106 00:06:17,640 --> 00:06:20,760 Speaker 2: on the console operators. It's not their job to be 107 00:06:21,360 --> 00:06:24,920 Speaker 2: somebody yelled at. Because the price is high, they're doing 108 00:06:24,960 --> 00:06:28,719 Speaker 2: it tough. Give them a break spot on Alan. 109 00:06:28,800 --> 00:06:30,600 Speaker 1: Lovely to talk to you this morning. Have a great 110 00:06:30,600 --> 00:06:32,320 Speaker 1: Easter and you Katy. 111 00:06:32,480 --> 00:06:33,040 Speaker 2: Thank you.