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Premium 98 in Mount Gambier now costs less than regular unleaded in the Barossa after a 12.9 cent fall met a 9.4 cent rise. Petrolmate unpacks a week where regional South Australia moved in opposite directions.
Unleaded across five Sebastopol servos averages 208.4 cents this afternoon, up 7.9 cents in a day, while Victorian diesel barely moved. Petrolmate explains why that gap is the clearest sign the Ballarat price cycle has turned.
Canberra has opened consultation on the biggest fuel security spend in Australian history, including a billion litre government owned diesel reserve. Petrolmate digs into what the $14.8 billion package actually buys and who ends up paying for it.
Unleaded in Gatton has eased 6.7 cents to 200.2 while diesel across the Darling Downs is down by as much as 12.6 cents in Charlton. Petrolmate runs through the inland Queensland towns finally doing the right thing by drivers.
Western Australia carries the mainland's most expensive diesel average at 254.2 cents, yet 11 of the nation's 20 cheapest diesel suburbs are in WA. Petrolmate unpacks the Kwinana Beach corridor pricing from 228.7 and what the spread means for your next fill.
Hastings unleaded has lifted 13.3 cents to average 214.2 across six stations, the largest movement of any Australian centre this round. Moe, Traralgon and St Albans moved in the same direction while Victorian diesel eased to the cheapest state average in the country.
Unleaded across the Barossa lifted 13.4 cents to 219.3 while South Australia posted the largest diesel increase of any Australian state at 5.3 cents. Petrolmate examines why one state moved while the eastern markets stayed flat.
Ampol's Lytton refinery went dark at the start of August, leaving Geelong as the only plant in the country still making petrol and diesel. Here's what that means for supply, for the sulphur sitting in your tank, and for what you pay at the bowser.
Diesel across the Northern Territory averaged 287.9 cents a litre this morning, sitting 40.4 cents above Victoria while six other states stayed within 6.2 cents of each other. Petrolmate explains what freight costs and competition density do to a pump price.
Unleaded in Ashmore has eased 20.1 cents to 192.5 while E10 across the Gold Coast is dipping under 190. Petrolmate runs through the suburbs where the discounting phase of the cycle has landed and why this is the week to fill up.
Unleaded across Morawa fell 14 cents to 215.9 while Perth's cheapest diesel suburbs tightened to a 2 cent band. Petrolmate examines what the country fuel premium looks like when the wheatbelt starts undercutting the city.
Australia's fuel excise came back at full strength on 3 August, adding almost 19 cents a litre in tax. So why did pump prices barely flinch?
Unleaded in Griffith lifted 18.8 cents in a single day to 204.1, the largest suburb move in the country, while Yamba rose 13.9 to 209.8. Petrolmate looks at what happens when the price cycle reaches regional NSW.
Premium 98 in Mount Gambier averages 220.7 cents this afternoon, down 8.2 cents, while diesel climbed in South Australia, NSW, Queensland and Tasmania on the same day. Petrolmate explains why two fuels on one forecourt can move in opposite directions, and what three identical boards in Blair Athol reveal about competition.
Unleaded in St Albans lifted 10.8 cents overnight while Truganina added 8.4, and every premium grade moved almost the same amount. Petrolmate on the fingerprint that says Melbourne's price cycle has turned and what to do before it reaches your suburb.
Unleaded and E10 across Goodna both lifted 11.8 cents on Sunday while premium 98 added 10.3, a lockstep move that signals the Brisbane price cycle turning. Petrolmate examines what the pattern reveals and where southeast Queensland value is still holding.
Tasmanian diesel lifted 13.2 cents in a single day to 251.1, the largest state move in the country and enough to overtake every mainland state. The island now pairs the nation's highest diesel average with its tightest price spread.
South Australian diesel has added 8.3 cents in thirteen days to average 249.4, leaving the state within a cent of WA as the dearest of the major states. We analyse why the ACT now holds the cheapest diesel in the country and why regional SA towns are moving in opposite directions.
Border Force officers walked into more than 100 servos last week and it had nothing to do with petrol. Petrolmate on how the illicit tobacco trade moved behind the servo counter, and what nine sudden closures mean for fuel prices.
Diesel in Bomaderry averages 227.3 cents this morning, nearly 20 cents under the NSW average, while three Singleton servos all post exactly 234.9. Petrolmate explains what price spreads reveal about competition at the bowser.
Unleaded in Morawa has eased 15.6 cents to 214.3, the biggest petrol drop in the country today, while Perth suburbs like Ascot and Landsdale are holding diesel from 222.7. Petrolmate runs through the WA wheatbelt reset and where the metro value is sitting.
Unleaded across Sale lifted 12.8 cents in a single day to 220.0 while Victoria became the only mainland east coast state with diesel easing. Petrolmate examines a Gippsland price move, Thomastown's cheap diesel corridor and what the spread really costs motorists.
Six Pimpama servos have reset every fuel grade at once, dropping unleaded 12.5 cents to 197.4 and making it the only Australian suburb under 200 today. Queensland diesel, meanwhile, moved 4.7 cents in the opposite direction.
Australia went from eight oil refineries to two and now imports about 80 per cent of its fuel. A quiet deadline on 30 September decides how much we keep in reserve, and diesel is the fuel with the least cover.