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Seven servos in Darwin's suburbs are selling unleaded at 235.5, while none of the 20 from Wishart through Palmerston to Coolalinga is below 246.5. Every brand with sites on both sides lists a lower price in Darwin, with United's gap at 12.4 cents.
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The nine servos across Kadina, Wallaroo and Moonta have a median unleaded price of 245.9, just 1 cent under mid October, while Adelaide's median fell 14 cents to 225.9. The gap between the Copper Coast and the city has gone from 7 cents to 20.
All six servos in Moranbah are on exactly 272.9 for unleaded, 33 cents above Mackay, after moving together through 13 rises and a single 3 cent cut since September. Petrolmate looks at who moves first and how the gap to the coast more than doubled.
Five South Gippsland servos cut unleaded from 243.9 to 239.9 within two minutes on Monday, their third matching step in a fortnight. The gap to the Melbourne median has shrunk from 12 cents in late October to 3 cents today.
Since Monday morning, 39 Sydney servos have cut unleaded to exactly 229.9, most by about 12 cents in one step. Reddy Express sites showed the new price first, and majors in Greenacre and Five Dock followed by 6am Tuesday.
Refining margins jumped from 1.2 to 29 cents a litre on unleaded and from 8 to 62.3 cents on diesel last quarter, while servos made just 3.7 cents on petrol. Here's where that money goes, and why diesel fell at the terminal gate in every capital this week.
Karratha and Port Hedland passed on September's 35 cent rise within days, but three weeks into an 11.7 cent fall in Perth they have passed on almost none of it. Port Hedland now sits 43.2 cents above Perth's weekly average.
Metro Petroleum Fyshwick has listed unleaded 5 cents lower at 6am on all 55 weekend mornings with full readings since April, then lifted it by 7:30am. The data also shows the ACT median at 249.8 while Queanbeyan's lowest sits at 229.9.
Mount Gambier's lowest unleaded price fell from 234.5 to 217.9 in nine steps over 10 days, while Millicent sits 18 cents higher. The data shows why the gap keeps widening and where the town's two price groups split.
EG Ampol's Brisbane median rose 5 cents on Thursday and has since eased 3 cents to 239.9, while three Rocklea servos sit on 218.5. Here is what price leadership looks like when neighbours choose not to follow.
Shell Dunalley is selling unleaded at 233.9, the lowest price in Tasmania, while Sorell's servos sit on 249.9 just 23 km away. Petrolmate also finds a 5 cent lift at 13 EG Ampol sites was withdrawn within about eight hours.
Four Albury and Lavington servos are selling unleaded at 229.2, while the lowest price over the Murray in Wodonga is 232.9. The gap depends on the brand you buy from, and regular diesel sits 11.6 cents apart.
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Lone Star Service Station in Tennant Creek cut unleaded 20 cents to 255.9 on Monday, flipping the order in town. Three days later Aileron Roadhouse lifted 30 cents to 310.0, so here's where to fill on the Stuart Highway.
Vibe Ascot sells unleaded at 213.9 while Ampol Foodary Belmont, 214 metres along Great Eastern Highway, charges 233.9. Perth's Tuesday low has fallen 16 cents in two weeks while the Wednesday peak has held at 239.9.
OTR Norwood lists unleaded at 235.4 while OTR St Marys, about 10 kilometres away, sells it for 219.9. Across 183 Adelaide servos, the inner east median is 234.9 against 219.9 in the south west.
Between 4:40am and 5:30am on Thursday 29th Oct, 65 Ampol and EG Ampol servos across greater Brisbane lodged higher unleaded prices, and 83 of the group's 97 sites had lifted by late morning. On Beaudesert Road, EG Ampol Moorooka now sits 18.2 cents above Moorooka Servo, while Liberty and Pearl Energy in Acacia Ridge cut to 221.5.
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By 8am today, 113 of 139 Ampol Foodary and EG Ampol servos across Sydney had lifted unleaded, most by exactly 5 cents, while Metro, Speedway and most 7 Eleven sites held. Here is how price leadership works, and why it left EG Ampol Greenacre 26.2 cents above Metro Greenacre 700 metres away.
Every servo in Castlemaine is asking 252.9 or more for unleaded after a fortnight with barely a move, while Bendigo's middle price eased 5 cents to 240.9. Metro Petroleum Taradale, 14 km away, is on 233.9, a gap worth $9.50 on a 50 litre tank.
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Three servos on South Road in Edwardstown and St Marys are selling unleaded at 209.9, almost 20 cents under Adelaide's 229.5 median. Petrolmate finds OTR Clarence Park 23 cents dearer just 2.3 kilometres away.
Astron and Solo in Mount Isa cut unleaded seven times in under 24 hours on 15 and 16 October, reaching 225.9 while EG Ampol and Reddy Express held 255.9. Both independents now sit on 237.5, 19.4 cents under Reddy Express, and Petrolmate explains the economics behind the gap.