The average Australian family is currently spending more than $100 a week on fuel, but an economist warns government intervention could worsen inflation.
If you feel like you are paying more than ever to fill up your car lately, you might be right.Mr Sam said he actively sought out the cheapest options, but had still not been able to afford to fill his tank up to the brim since gaining his licence more than a month ago.
But despite a precedent for government intervention, economists say there is unlikely to be any relief in the upcoming federal budget.While things have cooled off slightly in recent weeks, a sustained high international refined fuel price and a low Australian dollar are keeping costs high. It costs Newcastle woman Erin Fuller $120 a week and has meant cutting back in other areas of her life.
For Donna Mills, a pensioner based at Nambucca Heads on the state's Mid North Coast, where there are just two petrol stations in town, prices have hovered around $2 per litre for months."We don't have much public transport here, so to get to tennis or volunteering I need to drive.
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