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Average unleaded in Mackay fell 13.5 cents this week to 194.4, putting the city back under the two dollar mark. Priya Sharma explains the discounting cycle behind the fall and why two Darling Downs towns just landed on almost the same diesel price from opposite directions.
The last of Australia's fuel excise relief expires on Sunday night, adding up to 17.6 cents a litre from Monday. But the tax is only half the story of what July did to your fuel bill.
Northern Territory diesel fell 46.2 cents overnight to an average of 272.8, yet Territory pumps still span 244 cents from cheapest to dearest, the widest gap in Australia. Meanwhile four states sit within 1.3 cents of each other and Deniliquin recorded the largest suburb lift in the country.
South Australia's diesel prices sit in a narrower band than any other mainland state, and Mount Gambier is running 24 cents under the state average. Marcus Riley unpacks the terminal, the freight maths and the refinery that closed in 2003.
Diesel in Granville, Fairfield, Smithfield and Auburn all bottoms out at exactly 212.5 cents this morning, while Armidale spreads 37.4 cents across six servos. Priya Sharma explains why crowded metro markets converge on one number and thin regional ones do not.
Brisbane E10 has eased to 180.2 cents a litre, but it now sits just 1.7 cents under regular unleaded at the same servos. Davo does the sums on whether E10 is still worth choosing, and finds the wider gaps up the Queensland coast.
Standard unleaded in Ballarat ranges from 169.9 in Golden Point to a 195.6 average in Delacombe, a 25.7 cent gap inside one regional city. Meanwhile Traralgon added 13.9 cents, the largest unleaded move in the country this morning.
Perth's petrol cycle has stalled after Wednesday's hike, with Saturday's metro average of 184.6 cents sitting a tenth of a cent below the peak. We analyse why the city's cheapest day is now 21 cents dearer than it was in June.
Ampol quietly completed a $1.115 billion takeover of 512 EG Australia servos on 4 July, but the ACCC forced 41 of them to be sold to an independent instead. Here's the backstory, and what it means for what you pay at the bowser.
Northern Territory diesel is averaging 267.9 cents a litre, around 41 cents above every other state and 44 above Victoria. Tom Walker examines a 244 cent spread that puts the cheapest bowser in the country and one of the dearest inside the same jurisdiction.
Unleaded across the Barossa lifted 21.2 cents to 200.1 in a single reading, the largest standard unleaded move in the country this morning. Meanwhile Riverland towns Barmera and Berri are holding the cheapest diesel in South Australia at 197.9 cents.
Granville is holding diesel at exactly 205.5 cents across every site in the suburb, putting western Sydney within a couple of cents of country NSW towns. We break down the statewide numbers and explain why the metropolitan gap has closed.
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.