Data driven analysis from 10,000+ stations
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. Sarah Chen 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.
Diesel in Port Augusta has eased 12 cents to 242.2 while Broken Hill servos have lifted 26.3 cents to 257.2, opening a 15 cent gap along the Barrier Highway. Davo runs through why outback towns move in big jumps and where the spreads are still worth chasing.
Western Australia carries one of the higher diesel state averages at 255.9 cents, yet it accounts for 28 of the 40 cheapest diesel suburbs in the country. The reason is a 162 cent spread that makes the state average close to useless as a personal benchmark.
Bowen unleaded eased 8.6 cents while the Barossa lifted 13.6 cents on the same morning. Priya Sharma explains the two very different pricing machines behind those opposite moves.
The NSW diesel average barely moved at 253.8 cents, but Bomaderry servos are selling at 225.9 while western Sydney sits near 240. Tom Walker examines why the flat headline number hides the savings that actually matter.
A federal consultation closing on 15 September could legally require fuel suppliers to blend renewable diesel into the national fuel pool. Here is what it means for the diesel in your tank, and why nothing changes at the bowser before 2028.
Unleaded across Victoria has turned upward, with Truganina up 10 cents to 211.5 and Seaford lifting 10.3 to 209.1. Davo runs through which suburbs have already moved, which are still cheap, and why Victorian diesel is quietly the best value in the country.
The Barossa Council was flagged as the largest unleaded riser in the country at 221.7, but the five station sample includes a Murray riverside caravan park at 263.9 while Angaston sits at 202.9. Meanwhile Pimpama, Southport and Robina unleaded all hold under 199 as the Gold Coast cycle keeps sliding.
Every diesel board in Acacia Ridge reads exactly 239.5 cents this afternoon while NSW diesel lifted 8.9 cents in a day and Rocklea eased 5.9. Priya Sharma explains focal point pricing and why the state border acts as a delay rather than a wall.
Since March the ACCC has published a weekly report card on petrol and diesel prices across every capital and 190 plus country towns. On 30 September it stops, just as Britain makes real time pump price reporting the law.
Northern Territory diesel lifted 13.4 cents in a single day to average 293.3, and the gap between the Territory's cheapest and dearest servos now spans 231.9 cents. Sarah Chen analyses why the NT market moves in daily steps and where the divide comes from.
Diesel in Greenacre has slipped to 233.7 cents a litre, the cheapest in Western Sydney, while a 20 cent spread within the suburb means shopping around matters. Davo runs through the servos holding under 240 and why NSW has the cheapest diesel average in the country today.
Unleaded has slipped under two dollars a litre in Roma and Mount Gambier, even with the full excise back. Marcus Riley on why regional Queensland and South Australia got the good news first.
Unleaded across Truganina lifted 15.6 cents as the Melbourne price cycle turned, with Tarneit, Springvale and Croydon moving in the same window. Tom Walker asks why regional towns like Sebastopol and Sale are now moving with the metro.
Albany unleaded has lifted 15.3 cents to average 205.2 across six stations, the largest movement recorded anywhere in the country this round. Perth servos are running in the opposite direction, with Kwinana Beach and Bassendean both holding diesel at 238.4 cents.
Every diesel servo in the ACT sits within 13.0 cents of every other, while NSW diesel lifted 16.6 cents in a single day. Sarah Chen analyses why Canberra's flat market leaves motorists with almost nothing to shop around for.
Two emergency fuel quality rules signed during the March supply crisis expire on 30 September, and almost nobody has mentioned it. Here's what changes for diesel, for petrol, and for the servos most likely to feel it first.
Three East Wagga Wagga servos are posting unleaded at 189.5 cents this morning while three in Jindabyne all sit at 229.9. Priya Sharma explains why the gap between two country towns has far more to do with volume and competition than with distance from a terminal.
Unleaded across Southport fell 9.8 cents to 200.6 while Goodna lifted 14.3 cents in the opposite direction. Tom Walker examines why the two ends of the south east Queensland corridor are moving apart.
Premium 98 in Mount Gambier has eased 13.1 cents to 221.8 while Riverland towns Barmera and Berri hold diesel at 238.5, nearly 19 cents under the SA average. Davo runs through where the savings are and why a premium drop is a signal worth watching.
Since March, a government website has quietly listed Australia at Level 2 of a four level fuel emergency plan. Here's what the levels mean, the never used 1984 rationing law behind them, and what would have to happen for the dial to move.
Victoria's diesel average moved just half a cent while NSW jumped 17.1 cents and WA gave back 41.1, leaving it the cheapest mainland state at 252.6. Sarah Chen looks at how Epsom near Bendigo became the cheapest diesel suburb outside WA at 238.8.
Five Ascot servos are selling diesel anywhere from 231.7 to 257.9 cents this afternoon, while four in the Wheatbelt town of Darkan sit within 0.3 of a cent of each other. Priya Sharma explains why the same fuel scatters in one suburb and clusters in another, and where Perth diesel is cheapest today.