The average price of unleaded petrol in Australia rose 5.7¢ to 143.6¢ a litre nationally in the week ending 4 April, according to the Australian Institute of Petroleum’s ‘Weekly Petrol Prices’ report.
The average national weekly metropolitan retail price rose 8.2¢ to 146.1¢ a litre, with the regional price rising by 0.6¢ to 138.6¢ a litre.
The most expensive unleaded in the country was in Queensland at 154.5¢ a litre, followed by the Victoria (149.7¢), NT (149.5¢), Tasmania (142.0¢), Western Australia (139.4¢), NSW/ACT (135.7¢), and South Australia (135.0¢).
Of the major cities, Sydney offered the cheapest unleaded for the week at 133.3¢ a litre, followed by Adelaide (134.1¢), Perth (139.3¢), Darwin (139.8¢), Canberra (140.4¢), Hobart (142.7¢), Melbourne (154.4¢) and Brisbane (162.4¢).