https://www.news.com.au/technology/motoring/on-the-road/reason-aussies-should-fill-up-now-and-avoid-more-pain-at-the-pump/news-story/25d5aa09c160d6003967bb39296dc3d4Motorists are being encouraged to shop around, with fuel prices expected to soar at the end of the month.
Fuel prices are the cheapest in eight months, with the national average fuel price hovering around $1.64 a litre – a drop of 8.5 per cent on the previous week.
In the regions, Australians were paying on average $1.71 a litre last week.
A recent Australian Competition and Consumer Commission report found prices had declined steadily since June.
But the end of a government cost-of-living measure could inch prices closer to the $2 mark overnight.
In March, the government halved the fuel tax by 22.1 cents, as the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and production cuts, sent oil prices skyrocketing.
From September 30, fuel prices will rise 25.3 cents a litre.