WA: Perth petrol prices unlikely to soar

AAP General News (Australia)
04-13-2006
WA: Perth petrol prices unlikely to soar

Perth motorists are unlikely to suffer major petrol price increases over the Easter
weekend .. but rural and regional drivers are seeing prices soar.

Motor Trade Association WA boss PETER FITZPATRICK says he doesn't think petrol prices
will rise over the holiday long weekend.

He says if anything they could come down slightly .. but his tip is they'll stay in
the current range of about a dollar 21 or 22 .. to about a dollar 28 a litre.





But he admits country people are facing horrific prices at the bowser .. especially
in remote areas like Kununurra which yesterday was a dollar point 539 a litre and Fitzroy
Crossing .. which was a dollar 49.

He says there's some justification for current high prices .. with international oil
prices hovering around 69 dollars US a barrel .. and with the Australian dollar slumping
slightly recently.

Petrol prices in Perth today are about a dollar 21.

AAP RTV lk/jv/tm

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