INTERESTING responses to my
OP. I am sure that if Juliar asked us all to pay an extra $12. PW in tax , there would be uproar. I am quite happy to shop intelligently- buying specials , particular brands etc. - to save $600 per year with the dockets. For Kryton's benefit , I did not spend $2. just to get a discount , I bought a $4. magazine which I buy every week for my wife and which could have been bought at a Newsagent for $4. and thus saved a separate trip to the newsagent.
My real beef seems to have been mostly overlooked , that is - the removal of the discount without notice. This is not something that the ACCC can or should do anything about , but consumers can vote with their feet and buy petrol/groceries from people who are upfront about their "special " offers.