With long weekend road trips looming...there's some real pain at the pump
With long weekend road trips looming...there's some real pain at the pump
4 February 2022
The Gaspy fuel tracker app shows the average price of unleaded 91 is $2.58 a litre...up 13 cents in a month.
Unleaded 95 is $2.77, which is 20 cents higher.
The AA says international pressure is driving high prices in New Zealand and other western countries.
Principal Advisor Terry Collins says there are domestic factors at play too.
He says the increases to the emissions trading scheme combined with GST mean we're paying more than a-dollar-30 in taxes and duty on each litre.
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