{"id":935621,"date":"2026-10-21T02:10:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-21T02:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/935621\/"},"modified":"2026-10-21T02:10:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T02:10:10","slug":"i-forgot-to-pay-victorias-premier-ben-carroll-drives-off-without-paying-for-petrol-sparking-police-inquiries-the-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/935621\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I forgot to pay\u2019: Victoria\u2019s premier Ben Carroll drives off without paying for petrol, sparking police inquiries &#8211; The Guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi-gFBVV95cUxNX0NvbzhUSGo0Zi1JU3BvX1pBRE85X2dtRnVueC1uWWt3NWt1ZUlDOFdPQ0kzemdtY0pvOFpFQ01hazhfMklhOWV4bjVHYzJhNEYtcVVwRTktaFltTlhUZlFjRnF5aUR6a1dmTy1BX2RncE96S0FqaS1sT2dGMDExRnJhVmlDWTh3M240Z0lkdktXNm5VSjNzejJGYUh0UzVWdGZ6ejFJSHNoWXl3SWx4ZWpFZjB5TDhtSGVSX1NfVzQtTUd2MVAwbFpFdklWMU9ySU5jUHJBSVRjNS14M0lSYUhJd3FIWEtmSGdwNEh5blJyTzZpb2plUEpn?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u2018I forgot to pay\u2019: Victoria\u2019s premier Ben Carroll drives off without paying for petrol, sparking police inquiries<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMisAFBVV95cUxOenFpRjBJaUVlUE5tb3h4NlNXeVIwVTBxTlpMSjBEVFBkZFdEbVh5UXdobFZQTlR0ZFZhdVBMRHJrS2VoSTkzWWxVYUx1RkJ5dEM5OThXZlNFQUFMOGJuUnNqaFVjNGp6bmI4Zy1Uby16eWhGczdiZUZ1cHlpSzdtOUNrbEltUVYyRVdXSm4tOHNjM0NCQXgxMXpZdTNwZnk1SzhSYktLcENmcmdqNzFPbg?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u2018A tough day\u2019: Vic premier explains driving off without paying for petrol<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;AFR<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi0wFBVV95cUxNM0h3RW5HUzdRdXlyNFhwa21KdFRuanRnN0tNaG9IdU8teE13OHZRY05WVTlRTGlLOWFvOXNNZUY4S3lwTHUzT1lPVGJaMU93RTJTRE4tVXJXRDBHTl9lR2FwckY1Um9hMTd3SDVkSFlCTXpOQ2FvX3c4SHAzQ2hmc0ItdkFhOC1GUzhxdk5qckxqV0RiOTNGUFdjWlB4bzVlaTJRSFA2X3FENHRKM1U1NlhmbFZTb19JLXhGTllmZGVnVGhfUDRFaGY3TmR2dzl4Um5F?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Red-faced Ben Carroll admits forgetting to pay for fuel at petrol station<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Australian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMikwFBVV95cUxNVUNnMzhPX2swby13bl9UOGhBWmNVNjNfemFlWkhvSEo3TmhtcE9WY1BIWjNTNkZnM2hQRzdWNDgzcmdxX0Znc2FqZlpybTJBd0VxTkFzWFhleWxvS0FFQUwtQVR3S3Fwb0ZIOGZGSm9GOGxTMjQ1dzA3Z2RtT3QteVJ0TmFRc2ZTT003aGpPcS1MSzA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Carroll on petrol bungle<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Age<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMixwFBVV95cUxORXl0UDloNTRkNUhaMWFPaTFPNVFDY19paWh1b0x5dkJBSU9JOXpxVkEzc2Y1bndScjYzUXV5S3Q4b1ZQNkU0TDB2NXdiXzFoNkp3bTlWYUlScFRWNllEbVJrWnpPSnlqejB4OVlKSXlRLVB1RHl6dnZTNjNwM01SUmhYYlBpX3FqS05NMjJyWnRpSUxGSEkxQkRidGo4NlVaMW5LVGlXN242c01rbl94aHd3bGpBei1XVmdVWmpaYjFLVE1MVGl3?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Premier Ben Carroll admits he forgot to pay for petrol<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Nine.com.au<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u2018I forgot to pay\u2019: Victoria\u2019s premier Ben Carroll drives off without paying for petrol, sparking police inquiries&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian\u2018A&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":935622,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,44],"class_list":["post-935621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/935621","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=935621"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/935621\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/935622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=935621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=935621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=935621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}