48 tonne load
47.62 lts / 100 k's
operating margin 15 %
@ 750 k's / day.
= $ 1855.60 + gst
Cost / km = 2.47 + 15% margin = 2.84
cost / 1,000 kms = $ 2840 with rebate.

cost / km = 2.47 + 15% margin + rebate = 3.26 / km
cost / 1,000 kms = $ 3260 without rebate.

Well, I'm not going to argue with you over fuel consumption rates, however, who do you think will pay the extra costs?

I doubt Coles or wollies will, they will simply change carriers until the last man goes broke.

The transport industry is the life blood of our cou try, why would we want to cripple it?

I knew farmers had a fuel subsidy, i didn't know truck drivers had one.
By sticking with a subsidy for transport, gives false costs. Why was that done in the first place.
There's a business calculator for transporters on line. For sale of course.
Coles and Woolworth's dictate their own terms, Maybe there needs to be shorter contract periods, or minimun margins on top of fuel prices. Legislated if need be.

Most commercial operators have a diesel rebate, fishermen also.

They are all set to loose them, thanks to labor's reckless spending, waste and mismanagement, someone has to pay for their incompetence.

Butch maybe you should rephrase that last bit of dribble you posted.
Abbott's denial of tax concession for small business, has cost them.
Pledges in blood, crap, no.