under Section 307C of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth)

To the directors of Caltex Australia Limited

I declare that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, in relation to the audit for the year ended 31 December 2006, there have been:

  1. no contraventions of the auditor independence requirements as set out in the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) in relation to the audit; and
  2. no contraventions of any applicable code of professional conduct in relation to the audit.

KPMG

Stephen Gatt
Partner

Sydney, 23 February 2007