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Australian Petrol Prices

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Explainer: Where your $100 petrol fill-up actually goes

Petrol prices begin with crude oil, but that is only the start. Benchmark Analytics traces a $100 fill-up through refining, shipping, wholesale terminals, tax and the service station.

Petrol jumps 14 cents in a week: how the oil shock reaches the bowser

Petrol has jumped 14.3 cents a litre in Australia's major cities. The reason starts in international oil markets — but crude oil is only the first step in the journey to the bowser.