Tuesday will be Perth drivers\u2019 cheapest chance to fill up all year \u2014 and likely for the rest of 2026 \u2014 before a federal fuel tax change pushes prices higher at the bowser from Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Unleaded petrol will average 148.3\u00a2 a litre across the metropolitan area tomorrow, while diesel will average 168.4\u00a2 a litre.<\/p>\n
Solo Hamilton Hill will be Perth\u2019s cheapest with ULP priced at a rock-bottom 136.5\u00a2 a litre \u2014 nearly two whole cents cheaper than the current 2026 low of 138.2\u00a2 set today at Vibe Hamilton Hill.<\/p>\n
For diesel drivers, fuel is still comparatively cheap compared to the dazzling high mark near $3 per litre brought about by the Middle East conflict.<\/p>\n
But tomorrow\u2019s prices in Perth will not quite match the cost at the start of the year, when diesel was as cheap as 143.1\u00a2.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
OMG Metro Maddington is offering tomorrow\u2019s cheapest diesel at 147.5\u00a2 a litre.<\/p>\n
The sub-$1.50 prices represent a stark and welcome turnaround from the eye-watering peaks seen earlier this year, when global supply shocks pushed Perth ULP averages to a record 222.5\u00a2 a litre in March, and diesel to a punishing 293.1\u00a2 a litre in April.<\/p>\n
However, the relief will be short-lived.<\/p>\n
From July 1, the Australian Government\u2019s emergency fuel excise assistance will be halved. The current 32-cent-per-litre reduction \u2014 which included combined federal and state GST relief \u2014 will drop to a 16-cent discount for the ensuing month.<\/p>\n
The 32-cent subsidy was introduced in April as a shock absorber following the Strait of Hormuz crisis in late February, which triggered global oil shortages.<\/p>\n
With international crude markets now moderating, Canberra is winding back the multi-billion-dollar handout with a staged approach to avoid the risk of panic buying and supply shortages.<\/p>\n
The change means motorists will soon absorb a 16-cent-per-litre increase at the pump.<\/p>\n
While the excise rate jumps automatically on Wednesday, the price pain may not hit immediately.<\/p>\n
The government expects the 16-cent increase to flow through gradually as individual service stations sell through their current stock and replenish their underground tanks.<\/p>\n
To ensure fuel companies do not use the tax changes as a smokescreen for profiteering, the federal government has instructed the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission to closely monitor pricing and stamp out any signs of price gouging.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tuesday will be Perth drivers\u2019 cheapest chance to fill up all year \u2014 and likely for the rest…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":767729,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[64,63,99,2572,44,46,45],"class_list":["post-767728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-business","tag-energy","tag-news","tag-perth","tag-wa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/767728","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=767728"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/767728\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/767729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=767728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=767728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=767728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}