The humanitarian disaster in the Middle East will also hit Australian motorists at the bowser, with oil prices spiking 7% in the last week, Jim Chalmers has said.
On Thursday the federal treasurer said that, at US$77 a barrel, oil prices are 11% lower than they were a year ago but motorists were likely pay more due to the “escalation of conflict” in the Middle East.
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