00:02Territory businesses, big and small, hit hard by the cost of a faraway war.
00:08A driving instructor for over 30 years, Ian Reeves has helped thousands of Territorians get their licence.
00:15But the cost of keeping two cars on the road seven days a week is now too high, even with
00:20lessons fully booked.
00:22It's doubled my fuel costs. I was spending anywhere up to $4,000 a month
00:27through one of the companies I had a card with and that's a huge amount for a driving school.
00:33It will be a long wait to see a tax return and maybe just as long for the fuel levy.
00:38That time that we're waiting could be several months away.
00:41So we've still got to work and maintain our business for that period.
00:46The Territory civil construction sector also in shock.
00:50A wave of fuel driven price rises threatening many businesses.
00:5475-80% of our members are basically saying between price for fuel, price for materials, price for subcontractors, everything
01:03is going north.
01:04Mr Troughton says talks with government about getting their contractors' fuel bills paid sooner have so far been positive.
01:11They're now going to bring that quarterly flow of cash, if you like, down to a monthly.
01:19So we're delighted to have that conversation.
01:21I'm not sure it's approved yet and all the rest of it, but we're keeping our fingers crossed.
01:25According to NT government data, average diesel prices in the Territory have risen 50 cents a litre in the past
01:32month.
01:32And according to the Civil Contractors Federation, if national prices should stay high for another year,
01:38it would cost contractors more than $1.5 billion.
01:42I'm not sure if there's a constant contentment for the newophers.
01:42I mean, it's about 15% of the newophers.
01:43The annual crash rate is about 15.
01:44We're going to see in the next month.
01:44The new��니다 is our firstетful kape of the first Formula is now.
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