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The latest figures show petrol prices are down – but nearly everything else is still rising.
Not really knowing how much fuel your country needs is a problem.
The central bank has also forecast higher inflation and slower economic growth.
Electric vehicles could provide an answer to the thorny issue of storing surplus energy until it’s needed.
Public transport access, travel time and familiarity with the network all play a role in how many people switch away from driving.
Price caps can cause supply problems – but there are other options.
The sad truth is that African countries cannot avoid being harmed by the current Gulf war. But they can make efforts to emerge from the crisis in a better place.
Albanese will speak tonight after Chalmers announced policies to support small business.
The changes announced by the prime minister won’t help with supply and are poorly targeted.
Fuel theft has risen up to 30% nationally since the start of the Middle East war. Here’s what can push it higher, how common it is – and what to do if you spot it.
The universal fear is the effect the rise in prices is having on fuel, a staple commodity in every one of the countries for ordinary people as well as industries.
New Zealand generates more than 85% of its electricity from renewable sources, but transport remains almost entirely chained to imported oil.
Governments in Australia and New Zealand aren’t sitting idle in the face of spiking fuel prices. Here’s what they’re doing – and what might make a difference
The last cut in the fuel excise cost $5 billion. A temporary tax on gas exports could provide more targeted relief for households.
News of the defections came as the government announced the deployment, in response to requests from the region, of an E-7A Wedgetail to the gulf.
Conflict in the Middle East has led to long petrol queues in Australia. Going electric ends reliance on fuel imports – but will you pay back the EV premium?
Despite not relying on Iran for its oil supplies, petrol and other prices in Australia will rise due to the global impact of the Israel–Iranian war.
Opposition leader Peter Dutton will promise in his Thursday budget reply that a Coalition government would immediately halve the fuel excise on petrol and diesel.
Inflation has slipped from 6% to 5.4%, but the price of petrol climbed 7.2% in the September quarter. Much depends on what the RBA thinks will happen from here on.
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