In two Australian states, public transport will be made free in order to incentivise people not to drive.
Travel on Victoria’s trains, trams and buses will be free from Tuesday and throughout April, while commuters in Tasmania will not need to pay for buses, coaches and ferries from Monday until the end of June.
Tasmania’s transport minister also said that paid-for school buses would be made free, saving those who use them A$20 (£10.40) a week.
The price of petrol has risen sharply in Australia since the conflict in the Middle East began, with the national average at A$2.38 a litre on 22 March, up from around A$2.09 at the start of the war, according to figures from the Australian Institute of Petroleum.