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The emergency fuel standards that let 50ppm sulfur petrol and lower flash point diesel into Australian tanks expire on 30 September. Here is what changes on 1 October, why it happened, and what it means for your car and your hip pocket.
Every one of Canberra's 35 diesel servos sits within 13 cents of each other, while NSW next door spans 120 cents. Petrolmate examines why the tightest price band in the country is also the most expensive.
Diesel in Oberon has dropped to 239.9 a litre while Wagga Wagga, Bomaderry and Cessnock all sit under 245, well below the NSW average of 262.8. Petrolmate runs through where regional and Western Sydney servos are doing the right thing.
Unleaded across Truganina lifted 7.6 cents to 217.4 while Coburg rose 7.5 cents to 222.5, with premium 98 moving by similar margins in both suburbs and in St Albans. Victorian diesel meanwhile holds the cheapest mainland state average at 261.6 cents, with Grovedale and Belmont near 251.
Unleaded in Yeppoon lifted 9.7 cents in a day to 227.6 while Queensland's diesel average moved just 0.1 cents, hiding swings of 8 to 11 cents in Dalby, Ingham, Mareeba and the Toowoomba region. Petrolmate analyses why a flat state average says little about your own town.
Five Ascot servos are charging anywhere from 235.7 to 264.9 cents for diesel while Donnybrook sits within 1.4 cents, and the same 253.9 price tops the boards in seven WA suburbs. Petrolmate explains why chain pricing, not local rivalry, decides how wide the gap is in your suburb.
Unleaded across Clare in the South Australian mid north lifted 14.5 cents to 214.0 while the state average barely moved. Petrolmate examines why regional towns rise fast and fall slowly, and what that costs motorists with no nearby alternative.
New South Wales has put a number on its electric vehicle road user charge, and Western Australia is following from the same July 2027 date. The bigger story is what it signals about the 53.7 cents a litre every petrol driver already pays.
Premium 95 in Wagga Wagga eased 9.1 cents to 219.8 while Griffith lifted 10.3 cents to 234.8, opening a 15.0 cent gap between the Riverina towns. Petrolmate analyses the split and where NSW diesel buyers will find the best value.
Victoria posts the lowest diesel average in the country at 258.6 cents, yet Langwarrin lifted 8.4 cents in a day while Reservoir sits at 238.9. Petrolmate explains why state averages barely differ, why suburbs go their own way, and why Campbellfield AdBlue fell 20 cents.
E10 in Rocklea has eased 12.6 cents to 201.3 a litre, with unleaded, diesel and premium all moving lower across the south side of Brisbane. Petrolmate runs through where Yamanto, Roma and Toowoomba motorists can find the better buys this week.
More than half of Australia's forty cheapest diesel suburbs are in WA, yet the WA state average is higher than Victoria and NSW. Petrolmate examines the 157 cent spread behind that contradiction, and the 32 cent gap between servos in one Perth suburb.
Australia has quietly shifted from publishing fuel prices to policing them, with 3,700 inspections and roughly 230 fines already handed to service stations. Here is what the new enforcement regime means next time the board does not match your phone.
Unleaded at Blair Athol is averaging 197.8 cents across five stations, down 7.1 cents and under the $2 mark, while premium 98 in the same suburb has fallen 11.3 cents. South Australian diesel is moving the other way, climbing to a state average of 260.2 cents.
NSW diesel lifted 3.2 cents to average 257.0 across 1,249 servos, the biggest state move in the country today. Petrolmate explains why that average tells you almost nothing when Oberon and Bomaderry sit more than 20 cents under it.
Unleaded across Hastings lifted 17.3 cents to 226.3 while Southport on the Gold Coast fell 17.6 cents in the same week. Petrolmate examines what a 24 cent gap between two coastal towns tells Victorian motorists about cycle timing.
Warwick diesel lifted 8.3 cents in a day to 250.8 while four Acacia Ridge servos held within 2.0 cents of each other at 244.5. Petrolmate analyses how inland Queensland towns lost their price edge over the Brisbane southside.
Almost every litre you pump arrived here on a ship, and Canberra has just funded the first serious look at a new Australian refinery in sixty years. Here is what the WA proposal, the Geelong fire and the rewritten refinery subsidy actually mean for what you pay.
Diesel in Bordertown has lifted 9.9 cents to 251.8 while the South Australian average climbed 7.7 cents to 257.6, the priciest mainland state outside the Territory. Petrolmate runs through why Port Augusta is going the other way and what it means if you're hauling to Victoria.
Unleaded on the Dampier Peninsula eased 20.7 cents to 289.3 and diesel 55.4 cents to 302.6, yet the cheapest Perth suburbs still sit more than 70 cents lower. Petrolmate on why remote Kimberley fuel costs what it does and what WA motorists can do about it.
New South Wales now shares the equal cheapest diesel average in the country at 255.2 cents, but the state average hides two very different stories. Orange has eased 8.5 cents while Wagga Wagga premium diesel lifted 8.1, and three western Sydney suburbs are holding near 240.
Unleaded across seven Caboolture servos lifted 8.9 cents to 210.8 this morning, and premium diesel rose 8.8 at the same time. Petrolmate explains why diesel moving with petrol points to a wholesale shift rather than a simple Brisbane cycle reset.
Victorian unleaded averages 207.1 cents, the lowest of any Australian state, yet every one of the state's five cheapest suburbs sits outside Melbourne. Petrolmate analyses why the metro average beats the regions while regional servos hold the actual bargains.
A rule most motorists have never heard of released up to 762 million litres of extra petrol and diesel into the Australian market this year. It switches off on 30 September, and the rebuild has to come from somewhere.