The average price of unleaded petrol in Australia rose 0.3¢ to 153.8¢ a litre nationally in the week ending 11 July, according to the Australian Institute of Petroleum’s ‘Weekly Petrol Prices’ report.
The average national weekly metropolitan retail price dropped 0.8¢ to 157.1¢ a litre, with the regional price rising 2.2¢ to 147.0¢ a litre.
The most expensive unleaded in the country was in Queensland at 160.0¢ a litre, followed by NT (155.9¢), NSW/ACT (154.5¢), Victoria (154.0¢), Tasmania (151.1¢), Western Australia (147.7¢), and South Australia (143.7¢).
Of the major cities, Adelaide offered the cheapest unleaded for the week at 143.2¢ a litre, followed by Darwin (146.3¢), Perth (147.5¢), Hobart (150.1¢), Canberra (150.7¢), Melbourne (158.1¢), Sydney (159.6¢), and Brisbane (167.0¢).
