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Retail fuel prices driven by international factors

International factors contributed to higher petrol prices in the September quarter, according to the ACCC’s latest quarterly petrol monitoring report. This included higher international refined fuel prices driven by OPEC oil production cuts and...

Diesel prices were lower than average petrol prices in June 2023

Average retail diesel prices in Australia’s five largest cities (Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth) continued to decrease during the June quarter 2023 to similar levels as average retail petrol prices, the ACCC’s latest...

Retail sector increases accessibility of ‘pop up’ retailing code

The retail industry’s Casual Mall Licensing Code of Practice has become more accessible, with the Code’s governance group releasing Fact Sheets translated into Arabic, Hindi, Simplified Chinese, and Vietnamese. The Code sets the...

Lactalis fined for Dairy Code breaches

Lactalis Australia has been ordered by the Federal Court to pay $950,000 in penalties for contravening the Dairy Code of Conduct. The Dairy Code, which came into effect on 1 January 2020, is...

Businesses urged to back up sustainability claims

The ACCC is urging businesses to track and substantiate claims they make about environmental sustainability in a bid to stamp out ‘greenwashing’. On July 14, the ACCC released draft guidelines about sustainability claims...

Diesel prices down, petrol prices stable in March quarter

Retail diesel prices dropped “significantly” in the March quarter while petrol prices remained broadly stable, according to the ACCC’s latest petrol monitoring report. Quarterly average retail diesel prices in Australia’s five largest cities...

International factors kept diesel prices significantly higher than petrol prices

Petrol prices increased slightly and diesel prices remained significantly higher than petrol prices in the December quarter 2022, according to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC’s) latest quarterly petrol monitoring report. Quarterly...

Petrol prices fell in the September quarter for the first time in almost two years

For the first time in almost two years, average retail petrol prices in Australia’s five largest cities fell in the latest quarter, dropping by 10.3 cents per litre (cpl) from the June...
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