kevs fuel watch commissioner running on empty., page-2

THE Rudd Government has walked away from its controversial FuelWatch scheme after it was defeated in the Senate, declaring it was not the "be-all and end-all" of moves to fight petrol prices.

But motoring groups immediately stepped up calls for the Government to push ahead with a revamped scheme to honour its promise to deliver price relief at the bowser.

Kevin Rudd campaigned heavily prior to the election on easing the cost-of-living pressures on working families and increasing competition in the petrol and grocery sectors.

Both FuelWatch and GroceryChoice - a similar scheme for monitoring supermarket prices - have drawn fire, with critics saying the initiatives did not put downward pressure on prices.

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