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Battery electric cars beat petrol models in September's new car sales for the second month running, yet unleaded is still sitting around 237 cents in Sydney. Here's why your neighbour's EV won't lower your fuel bill, and what the switch really means at the bowser.
Every one of 63 servos across Werribee, Hoppers Crossing, Tarneit, Truganina and Point Cook lifted unleaded this week, taking the median from 235.9 to 244.9 in five nights. Petrolmate finds three independents still on 233.7, 11.2 cents under the median.
Metro Werrington and Metro St Marys are selling unleaded at 231.9 on the Great Western Highway while servos in Penrith and Emu Plains ask up to 247.9. Petrolmate finds 34 of 59 servos around Penrith and Mount Druitt have lifted 3 cents or more since Monday, while the highway strip barely moved.
U Go Tewantin and United Doonan held unleaded at 229.9 while 37 Sunshine Coast servos lodged rises of 1 to 6 cents this week. Petrolmate finds EG Ampol charges 230.9 in Noosaville and 252.9 in Beerwah, a 22 cent spread within one brand.
Adelaide's median unleaded price has held between 233.7 and 236.4 for 17 days with no reset. Petrolmate explains why a 4 cent gap between wholesale and retail leaves retailers almost nothing to discount.
The G7 is releasing 100 million barrels of diesel and crude to cool a global fuel shock, but Australia is mostly watching from the sidelines. Here's why our reserves sit in company tanks, and what the release could mean for diesel at your local servo.
Fuel was the main reason inflation jumped to 4 per cent in August, and the Reserve Bank has now raised rates partly because of it. Here's how the price at the bowser found its way into your mortgage, and what you can still control.
Six Darwin servos have held unleaded at 239.5 since 20 September, but under the NT price lock 19 of 27 city servos lift from 2:30pm today, Solo by 10 cents. Katherine's cheapest still sits under Darwin's after the change.
Thirty six of 54 Canberra servos are charging exactly 239.9 for unleaded after Shell Reddy Express cut all 15 sites on 2nd Oct. The gap to Queanbeyan has narrowed from 17 cents to 4 as an Assembly inquiry into ACT petrol prices gets under way.
Three independents on Wollongong's Crown Street sell unleaded at 231.5 while the EG Ampol about 200 metres away asks 242.9. Petrolmate finds 28 of 54 Wollongong servos still within 2 cents of their highest price since mid September, while Port Kembla holds at 226.5.
On Wednesday 30th Sep the median unleaded price across 23 Mandurah servos lifted 26 cents in a day, from 223.9 to 249.9, while no servo in greater Bunbury rose more than 6 cents. Two weeks of FuelWatch records show Mandurah running on Perth's weekly cycle and Bunbury holding within about 5 cents.
Burk Bendigo is selling unleaded at 223.3 while the cheapest servos in Shepparton and Wodonga sit at 234.5 and 234.9. Petrolmate looks at the two Napier Street servos 44 metres apart that split by 11 cents overnight, and where to fill up across northern Victoria.
All 28 Gold Coast 7 Eleven servos moved unleaded between 225.9 and 249.9 in five days, while independents in Nerang and Arundel stayed near 227.5. Petrolmate explains price leadership and whether the King's Birthday long weekend had anything to do with it.
On 1 October diesel's emergency flash point rule expired and the petrol sulfur cap stepped down, with little fanfare. Here's what changed, why Australia's diesel standard is stricter than Europe's, and what it means as diesel sits 46 cents above unleaded.
Three servos in central Campbelltown have held unleaded at 242.9 since Sydney's mid September price peak, while Metro and United sites around Minto and St Andrews have eased to 223.9 to 225.9. The same 7 Eleven brand is now 19 cents apart across 4.5 kilometres, worth $9.50 on a 50 litre fill.
Unleaded in Whyalla averages 243.6, 10.7 cents above Adelaide, while Port Augusta sits 6 cents lower at the same brands. Petrolmate tracks how that Spencer Gulf gap held through September's 24 cent climb.
Hobart unleaded climbed 20.6 cents in ten days to a 24th Sep peak and has eased just 2.9 cents since, with the city and eastern shore leading the way down. Petrolmate explains why prices rise like rockets and fall like feathers, and why Sorell and Brighton have barely moved.
From today servos can no longer add a surcharge to Visa, Mastercard or eftpos payments. Here's what the Reserve Bank's ban means for the price you pay at the bowser, and where the cost goes instead.
Seven servos around Cannon Hill and Tingalpa are selling unleaded at 221.5 to 221.9 cents, while the four closest to Northgate hold at 245.9. The same 7 Eleven and EG Ampol brands sit about 24 cents apart across 10 kilometres of Brisbane, a gap worth $14.64 on a 60 litre tank.
Three servos on one stretch of Morrison Road in Midvale are asking 226.7, 245.9 and 251.9 for unleaded after Perth's Wednesday lift, a day after they sat 4 cents apart. Petrolmate runs through which servos held their price and where to fill up around Midland.
Twelve Geelong servos, led by APCO, list unleaded at exactly 228.3 while every servo in Armstrong Creek and Charlemont sits at 234.9 or more. Petrolmate examines why 7-Eleven charges 6.6 cents more at Armstrong Creek than at Waurn Ponds, 3.7 kilometres away.
Diesel in Fairfield averaged 268.5 cents on 29th Sep 2026, 18.2 cents under the NSW average of 286.7. Petrolmate looks at the Western Sydney diesel belt and the regional towns where one servo can cost 26 cents more than the next.
For the first time, more new electric cars were sold in Australia in August than petrol or diesel cars. So why is the price at your local servo still climbing, and what does the shift mean for drivers who keep filling up?
Four Queanbeyan servos are selling unleaded at 227.9 while most Canberra sites sit between 245.9 and 249.9. Petrolmate explains why the border gap has doubled in a fortnight and when the drive is worth it.