Australia: petrol price records now weekly

SYDNEY petrol prices reached record highs for the sixth week in a row last night, with motorists paying 171.9 cents a litre for unleaded fuel, as Australia ran up its largest monthly bill for imported petroleum.

The low-end of the weekly fuel cycle came to an abrupt end, with unleaded petrol going for as little as 150 cents on Tuesday but surging on Wednesday to break the 170-cent mark.


“Every Wednesday night it breaks the record and it stays there throughout Thursday,” a NRMA spokesman said. “We’ve seen prices reach record levels for the past six Thursdays.

Daily Telegraph