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Soaring petrol prices are hurting more than your wallet

Phys · · 1191 words · By Kushneel Prakash
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“My research, published in Energy Economics, found that every time petrol prices go up, people's overall life satisfaction goes down.”
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“an AU$1 increase in petrol prices causes the same amount of loss in well-being that an AU$3475 decline in monthly household income does.”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 Iran war, including the closure of the Strait of Hormuz in March 2026, has led to possibly the largest ever supply disruption in the global oil market. The impacts of the conflict include ac…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_war_fuel_crisis
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The usage and pricing of gasoline (or petrol) results from factors such as crude oil prices, processing and distribution costs, local demand, the strength of local currencies, local taxation or subsid…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gasoline_and_diesel_usage_and_…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The petroleum industry in India dates back to 1889 when the first oil deposits in the country were discovered near the town of Digboi in the state of Assam. The natural gas industry in India began in …
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“the Australian federal government announced it would temporarily halve the fuel excise for three months, a move expected to cut fuel prices by 26.3 cents a liter.”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands. It has a total area of 7,688…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Australian, including its Saturday edition The Weekend Australian, is a six-days-a-week broadsheet-format newspaper published by News Corp Australia since 14 July 1964. It is one of two Australian…
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“Its most recent report, at the end of March 2026, found that international crude oil and refined fuel prices had climbed further—with retail petrol and diesel prices following suit, and diesel, in fact, rising faster than petrol.”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is the chief competition regulator of the Government of Australia, located within the Department of the Treasury. It was established in 1995 w…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Most commonly known as CHOICE (all capitals), the Australian Consumers' Association is an Australian not for profit consumer advocacy organisation. It is an independent membership based organisation f…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (CCA) is an Act of the Parliament of Australia. Prior to 1 January 2011, it was known as the Trade Practices Act 1974 (TPA). The Act is the legislative vehicle fo…
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“A 15.47 cent per liter rise in petrol prices generates a well-being loss equivalent to losing around AU$538 in monthly household income.”
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“Older Australians, lower-income households, and those who rely heavily on cars for everyday travel bear the greatest well-being losses.”
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“The measure is part of the Government's National Fuel Security Plan and builds on an earlier relaxation of fuel quality standards.”
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“This is roughly around two percent of average life satisfaction.”
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