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‘No option’: Couple’s $5260 fuel bill exposes big problem hurting Aussies
Exclusive: Full-time travellers and digital nomads are blowing out their budgets at the fuel pump as petrol and diesel prices rocket back up to nearly $3 per litre.
While the average commuter can hop on public transport or rideshares to avoid the price sting, Seamus Campbell doesn’t have any other choice than to get behind the wheel – and it’s costing him dearly.
Full-time traveller Seamus Campbell said he is staying longer in places as diesel prices spike again. Seamus Campbell
Campbell, 70, has been living on the road for the last three-and-a-half years.
He describes his mode of transport, a 1999 Toyota ‘Troopy’, as dreadfully fuel-inefficient even without soaring oil prices.
As fuel costs escalate again, regional Australia is hurting
The latest fuel hikes have left regional industries and families facing tough choices. (ABC News: Laurissa Smith)
Regional communities across Australia are feeling a "disproportionate impact" from high fuel prices, an expert says.
The recent re-escalation of the war in the Middle East has led to another rise in petrol and diesel costs.
A strategic policy specialist says increased fuel storage in the regions could help mitigate supply risks.
While delivering water to properties in regional New South Wales, Dave Henry has felt the pinch of rising diesel prices.
Mr Henry operates a water cartage service across New England and the state's north-west, and has noticed diesel prices rising in the past few weeks to nearly $3 per litre.
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Diesel prices across Australia could surge beyond $3 a litre as Trump eyes cut to US fuel exports
Fuel costs have risen to levels not seen since early April, adding to risk of inflation and interest rate hike
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Australian diesel prices could surge above $3 a litre if Donald Trump cuts off US diesel exports amid floundering negotiations with Iran.
Fuel costs have risen to levels not seen since early April, adding to inflation risks and making another hike in interest rates all but certain.
Canberra is recording the highest prices out of the capital cities, with diesel at 298.7c per litre and unleaded at 250c per litre on Thursday. Other cities’ prices were not far behind.
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