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Poppy Johnston

Petrol price surge further stretches household budgets

Supply cuts by oil producers are having an impact on petrol prices, potentially boosting inflation. (Flavio Brancaleone/AAP PHOTOS)

Motorists are forking out well over $2 a litre for fuel in parts of the country because of spiking oil prices and a weakening Australian dollar.

In some parts of the nation, petrol prices have overtaken the highs of last year after the conflict in Ukraine sent prices soaring. 

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