Petrol costs have peaked throughout the nation’s capital cities forward of the King’s Birthday lengthy weekend.
Motorists have been warned of skyrocketing costs on the pump, with the common unleaded value leaping to 197.6c per litre, with diesel climbing to 181.5c.
Over the final two weeks petrol costs in Sydney have risen greater than 30c per litre, peaking at 197.6c for unleaded, whereas Brisbane and Melbourne are sitting at 203.6c and 202.2c respectively.
The King’s Birthday, having been referred to as the Queen’s Birthday for the previous 70 years, falls on the second Monday of June for each state and territory apart from Queensland and Western Australia.
Ahead of the lengthy weekend, motorists are being urged to buy round earlier than filling up.
In Sydney alone, a 44c per litre (unleaded) hole has been recorded between the town’s least expensive and costliest petrol stations, with diesel at 34c.
Below are the nationwide common costs for normal unleaded petrol:
• Brisbane: 203.6, peaking
• Melbourne: 202.2, falling
• Sydney: 197.6, falling
• Canberra: 188.3, steady
• Hobart: 183.7, steady
• Darwin: 181.5, steady
• Adelaide: 178.2, rising
• Perth: 166.6, rising.
Prices are anticipated to drop slowly, albeit at solely about 1c or much less per week.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
