Will there be fuel when I get there? This is a question that ACAPMA has been asked repeatedly in the last week. The current situation is that only a small number of sites nationwide are out of product, and that those outages are temporary in nature. This reality does not give customers comfort that the location they are travelling to will have fuel, but there are simple measures travellers can take to check for both price and availability on their journey and at thier desitnation.
The answer is the fuel price transparency apps.
Each State and Territory has active fuel price transparency apps. Fuel retailers are required to update these central government apps with the current price that they are retailing a fuel for. These updates have to be shown on the app within minutes of the change being made at the bowser. This includes updating the apps if the site is not currently retaining a product due to a temporary stock outage.
While these fuel price transparency apps are usually for customers to see the pricing in a general area, during these periods of temporary outages these apps also allow customers to see which sites have product and which are out of product temporarily while they wait for their next delivery.
Nationwide Fuel Price Transparency Apps
- New South Wales – https://www.fuelcheck.nsw.gov.au/app | Stock outages shown as “n/a” next to a product
- Queensland – www.fuelpricesqld.com.au | Stock outages shown as 9999 next to a product
- Tasmania – https://www.fuelcheck.nsw.gov.au/app | Stock outages shown as “n/a” next to a product
- Northern Territory – https://myfuelnt.nt.gov.au/ | Stock outages shown as “Available NO” next to a product
- South Australia – https://www.sa.gov.au/topics/driving-and-transport/fuel-pricing/fuel-price-reporting | Stock outages shown as 9999 next to a product
- Victoria – https://service.vic.gov.au/find-services/transport-and-driving/servo-saver | Stock outages shown as “n/a” next to a product
- Western Australia – https://www.fuelwatch.wa.gov.au/ | Stock outages shown as “n/a” next to a product
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