General News
6 March, 2026
Concerns over fuel prices
There's concern across Australia currently over fuel prices rising and just how high they may soar.
It comes as motorists have been warned not to buy in panic, as prices surge amid the Middle East war.
Economists say petrol prices could rise by 40 cents a litre in the coming weeks, while Energy Minister Chris Bowen said Australia was prepared to negotiate the instability of fuel supplies.
He said, after consulting with the chief executives of Australia's oil refinery companies, that they were confident about oil supplies through until May.
When Wimmera Mallee News reached out to readers on their socials, Bert Van Elsen said he thought companies were ripping customers off when it came to fuel.
"The fuel supply that is at the servos presently was paid for and the fuel supply has not yet been impacted ... so why are we being ripped off?," he raised.
"We in the country need our vehicles, it's not as though we hop on a bus or tram and go from home to the shops.
"As usual, country Victorians have to put up with the exorbitant costs for food, etc., and now fuel."
According to PetrolSpy Aus/NZ, the cheapest fuel in Horsham is at Ampol Horsham (Ballie Street), with U91 at 172.9 cents per liter, U98 195.9 and diesel 183.9.
Likewise, the 7-Eleven on Dooen Road also has U91 for 172.9 cents per liter and U98 for 195.9. They also have U95 for 187.9 cents per liter and diesel premium for 195.9.
As of mid-Thursday, prices at EG Ampol Horsham (Wilson Street) were the highest, breaking the $2 per liter mark for U95, at 214.9 per liter.
Coming in at under a couple of dollars, but only just, was U91 at 196.9 cents a liter, while diesel premium was 201.9 cents a liter.
In Dimboola, fuel prices were 169.9 cents per liter (U91), 191.9 (U98), 207.9 (E10) and 199.9 (diesel) at Endeavour, while at Metro unleaded was over $2 per liter with U91 209.9 cents per liter, U98 229.9, E10 207.9 and diesel 199.9.
Endeavour in Warracknabeal was the cheapest fuel option, at 171.9 per liter (U91), 193.9 (U98) and diesel 181.9, while Werrigar Roadhouse had U91 for 174.9 cents a liter, U98 for 194.9 and diesel for 184.9.
In Hopetoun, fuel prices at the BP were 183.9 (U91) and 189.9 (diesel), while in Rainbow, at their one service station, Astron, U91 was 205 cents per liter, U98 220 and diesel 210.