THE Rudd Government has walked away from its controversial...

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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