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Tess Ikonomou and Poppy Johnston

Spike in petrol prices adding to inflation pain

Petrol prices have jumped by more than seven per cent in the three months to September. (Flavio Brancaleone/AAP PHOTOS)

Petrol prices have jumped more than seven per cent in three months as volatility in oil markets and the weakening Australian dollar threatens to keep up prices.

Motorists have been commonly paying more than $2 a litre, though the average price as measured by the Australian Institute of Petroleum dipped just below last week.

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