Toowoomba petrol prices: RACQ release latest report for average fuel prices

With RACQ releasing their latest fuel report for June, find out how Toowoomba’s fuel prices stack up against the rest of the state.

Fuel prices across regional Queensland are likely to continue to rise in the coming months, but the latest RACQ fuel price report isn’t all bad news for Toowoomba motorists.

In their Monthly Fuel Price Report for June, RACQ revealed that the average unleaded petrol price in regional Queensland was 140.7 cents per litre, 1.4 cents higher than May, while the average diesel price was up 2.9cpl at 139.9.

Motorists at Toowoomba bowsers on average paid 142.8cpl for unleaded petrol in June, down 1.2cpl on the previous month, while the average price for diesel was 139.9cpl, a 4.2cpl increase on the month prior.

Despite the recent drop, Toowoomba remains one of the more expensive places in the Darling Downs to fill up, compared to the June average of unleaded petrol in Dalby (142.4cpl), Warwick (135.9cpl), Goondiwindi (140.9cpl) and Miles (138cpl).

“Roma, with an average ULP price of 134.1 cpl, was the cheapest centre to buy ULP in June,” the report said.

“Roma also had the cheapest diesel in Queensland in June, at 134.2 cpl.”

In Brisbane, the RACQ said the monthly average ULP price for June hit a 32-month record high at 150.3cpl, with retail ULP prices in south east Queensland expected to set new records in July.

“The monthly average price last exceeded 150cpl in October 2019, prior to the onset of Covid-19 pandemic,” the report said.

“Brisbane was the most expensive Australian capital city to buy ULP. It was 4.3cpl dearer than Sydney, the second most expensive and 13.5cpl dearer than Adelaide, the cheapest capital.

“At 150.3cpl, the average price of ULP in Brisbane in June was 4.1cpl dearer than May.”

RACQ spokeswoman Renee Smith slammed current high prices which she said were caused by a “triple whammy”.

“We’re at the high point in the fuel cycle in south east Queensland, oil prices (in Australian dollars) are at a two year high and retailers have retained unreasonably high retail margins,” she said.

“During the pandemic servos had high indicative retail margins because so many people weren’t driving so fuel sales volumes were low – but now sales are back to normal the fact they’re still charging these exorbitant prices is frankly unfair.”