Petrol prices fuel hip pocket pain
Families are paying just under $300 a month to fill up the car at the bowser, with petrol prices back just below March’s record high.
The Australian Institute of Petroleum reported on Monday the national average unleaded petrol price rose by a cent to 212.1 cents a litre last week.
The figure was a fraction below the record high of 212.5c/l on March 20, with pump prices hitting record highs in Melbourne (229.3c/l) and Darwin (209.8c/l).
CommSec estimates it is costing the average family $296.94 a month to fill up the car with petrol, or an extra $74.76 a month compared with the start of the year.
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MotorMouth recorded the following average retail prices for unleaded fuel: Sydney 200.0c/l; Melbourne 230.0c/l; Brisbane 198.8c/l; Adelaide 191.1c/l; Perth 193.1c/l; Hobart 215.6c/l; Darwin 209.8c/l and Canberra 220.0c/l.
Motorists have been advised to delay filling up their tanks as prices are likely to ease.
– AAP
