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Australia keeps barely a month of diesel in reserve and has quietly missed a global fuel security benchmark since 2012. A new $3.2 billion national stockpile aims to change that, and here's what it really means for what you pay at the bowser.
The cheapest diesel in Western Australia this week is not in Perth, it is in a wheatbelt town 300km from the coast. Marcus Riley unpacks the freight maths behind sub two dollar diesel and why the state average lies to you.
Diesel rose 21.8 cents in WA and 11.4 in NSW overnight, but Victoria barely moved and now holds the cheapest state average in the country at 217.6. Davo breaks down the Stawell servo pumping diesel at 169.9 and where else Victorians are filling up for under 210.
Gold Coast petrol has fallen by up to 20.8 cents, with Ashmore and Robina unleaded now around 165 and E10 near 163. Meanwhile Queensland diesel is quietly edging higher, with Toowoomba up almost 15 cents.
Unleaded across the Barossa lifted 21.7 cents in a single day to 194.6 while statewide diesel moved just 2.7. Tom Walker examines a jump that wholesale costs alone cannot explain.
The petrol in your tank can legally carry five times more sulfur than it did at Christmas, and the date to clean it up has moved to New Year's Day. Marcus Riley on the quiet extension nobody announced.
Yagoona E10 has fallen 17.4 cents to 170.5 while Eight Mile Plains in Brisbane climbed 21.7 cents to almost the identical price. We analyse why the Sydney and Brisbane petrol cycles are moving in opposite directions and what it means for your next fill.
Diesel on the Dampier Peninsula fell by almost a dollar a litre this week, the kind of move remote WA almost never sees. Marcus Riley unpacks the freight economics behind the state's two dollar price divide and where Perth's cheapest diesel actually hides.
Unleaded petrol in Hoppers Crossing fell 9.3 cents while Sale climbed another 12.8, leaving a 17 cent gap in the same state on the same day. Priya Sharma explains how Melbourne's price cycle and regional Victoria's slower clock can send the same fuel in opposite directions.
All 23 diesel pumps in Canberra are priced within a single cent of each other, making the ACT the cheapest and most uniform diesel market in the country. Across Bass Strait, Tasmania joined a broad national lift with its average up 7.6 cents in 24 hours.
Rocklea has recorded the sharpest fuel price falls in the country this week, with unleaded down 9.4 cents to 166.5 and every major fuel cheaper than a week ago. We break down why the Brisbane Markets suburb tends to discount first and what it signals for the rest of the city.
Diesel in Ceduna has eased almost 17 cents while regional South Australian towns hold their pumps under 196. Davo breaks down where SA motorists are getting a fair go while the east coast cops a rise.
Capital city petrol jumped 18.1 cents a litre in the fortnight after the July excise change, and the ACCC counted every cent of it. The numbers largely clear servos of gouging, but they also show diesel has another rise already baked in.
Diesel in Traralgon, Warrnambool and Hamilton lifted 8 to 10 cents overnight, ending Victoria's quiet diesel slide. The state still holds the cheapest mainland average at 204.6 cents, while one Stawell servo undercuts its neighbour by 31 cents.
Armidale servos lifted diesel 17.1 cents and premium diesel 27.8 cents overnight while Oberon's four servos sat within 4 cents of each other. Tom Walker examines what Friday's repricing says about competition in single town markets.
Western Australia diesel has eased 22 cents in a single day to a state average of 207.7, with Perth suburbs like Landsdale and Beckenham pumping diesel under 180. Davo breaks down where the sharpest prices are and what the drop is worth on a full tank.
While motorists watched petrol climb after the excise change, a second tax quietly switched back on for the trucking industry. Here's why the Heavy Vehicle Road User Charge will reach your grocery bill even if you never touch a diesel bowser.
Noble Park unleaded has fallen 11.6 cents to 167.4 cents as Melbourne enters the discount phase of its petrol cycle. We break down the citywide falls and the one suburb moving the other way.
Clare unleaded lifted 13.3 cents on the same day Gold Coast suburbs eased more than 15, a split that has nothing to do with wholesale costs. Tom Walker examines the divide and SA diesel quietly crossing the 200 cent mark.
Western Sydney suburbs Smithfield, Greenacre and Granville are selling diesel around 179 cents while the NSW average sits at 196.2. The data also reveals identical pricing at every monitored servo in Granville and East Wagga Wagga.
While motorists watched pump prices climb, the government quietly started building Australia's first permanent fuel stockpile. Here is why it matters more than this week's price cycle.
E10 in Kallangur fell 13 cents a litre this week as Brisbane's long price cycle entered its discount phase. The slide is spreading across southeast Queensland, and the buying window is open now.
Canberra diesel averaged 196.5 cents on Monday with only 10 cents separating the cheapest servo from the dearest across the entire territory. Tom Walker asks why the capital moves in lockstep while regional NSW sells diesel more than 20 cents cheaper.
Unleaded on WA's Dampier Peninsula fell 42.4 cents while diesel dropped almost a dollar a litre. The apparent 22 percent statewide diesel plunge, however, turns out to be a statistical mirage.