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'I was dumbfounded': Shock as house insurance rises nearly $1000

The insurance premium increased by $900.

Newcastle Herald

Australia's most expensive cities for petrol revealed

Perth retains its title as Australia's cheapest petrol capital with regular unleaded costing an average of 183.9 cents per litre for 2023.

AAP

Australian travel insurance red flags: missed connections, stolen luggage and preexisting conditions

Travel insurance can be a complicated business for consumers, with caps and exclusions buried deep in fine print. Here’s how to know what you are really covered for

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'It shouldn't be this much': feeling the pinch at the petrol bowser

'It's not in their hands and it's not in our hands either.'

Newcastle Herald

Falling random breath tests blamed on police shortages

The number of random breath tests carried out in NSW has dropped significantly since before the pandemic, leading to calls for government intervention.

AAP

Warning, EV buyers: it's not a free ride

Some charging options are frighteningly expensive.

The Canberra Times

NRMA to charge EV motorists to power up

Electric car drivers will pay to charge up their vehicles at NRMA stations from this week as the motoring organisation introduces fees for the first time.

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Hunter electric vehicle numbers double in a year

High fuel prices and environmental concerns are driving the change.

Newcastle Herald

Fuel hikes are costing more than half this young worker's wage

'It's hella expensive out there. I don't know how others are doing it.'

Newcastle Herald

A post-servo highway? How electric vehicles are changing the Australian roadscape

EVs are heralding a new kind of driving culture, from friendly chats at charging stations to reshaping where and how long we stop on road trips

The Guardian - AU

Illegal algorithm costs Insurance Australia $40 million

Insurance Australia Limited has been penalised $40 million by the Federal Court for misleading customers with NRMA insurance policies.

AAP

Newcastle, Lake Macquarie make up most of NSW weather damage claims

Many of the claims followed severe hailstorms in May.

Newcastle Herald

Petrol prices nudge $2 a litre for King’s Birthday long weekend

Australians are facing petrol prices teetering around $2 a litre ahead of the long weekend, with bowsers peaking across Australia's big cities.

The New Daily

'Staggering': NRMA says 40kmh zone has failed to make roads safer

'If it was about pedestrian safety, clearly there's something wrong structurally.'

The Canberra Times

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The Canberra Times

Charger rage: how EV etiquette can keep electric tension at bay

The worst offender is the EV owner who "camps" on a charger.

The Guardian - AU

Surprise cut to global oil production expected to add 5c to Australia’s average petrol price

‘We’re not in petrol purgatory anymore’ but prices not yet low enough to deliver ‘meaningful relief to families’, NRMA says

The New Daily

Easter bowser squeeze looms, but there’s a way around it

Australian motorists are being advised to fill-up their tanks outside major capitals as petrol prices rise ahead of the Easter long weekend.

Newcastle Herald

NRMA claim data reveals the Hunter suburbs hit hardest in wild weather

Nationally there were 10,120 weather claims, the insurer reports, the lowest number in six years.

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The Canberra Times

Canberrans worry more about flood and fire damage to homes than other Australians do

NRMA urges house buyers to research a property's vulnerability to flood and fire before worrying about local amenities like cafes.

Newcastle Herald

Drivers name and shame Newcastle's worst roads for traffic congestion

Drivers have consistently identified congestion as a key issue plaguing Newcastle roads, weeks out from the NSW election.

ABC News

NRMA reveals worst roads in New South Wales after 28,000 votes counted

Sydney's worst roads for congestion and condition have been named and shamed in a list compiled by motoring body NRMA.

The Canberra Times

Free ACT rego disappears on EVs in switch to emissions-based system

Electric car owners in the ACT will start paying rego charges from July.

Newcastle Herald

Massive school zone fines facing drivers

Motorists in NSW face $750,000 in school-zone fines over coming days despite students not returning to classes until next week.

The Guardian - AU

Expanding electric vehicle charging network requires more government funding, advocates say

‘It covers most of Australia but lots of locations only have one or two chargers,’ BP Pulse business development manager says, as others call for greater public spending to reduce queues

AAP

NSW's $500m road fund a start: mayor

A $500 million fund to fill potholes across NSW's flood-damaged road network will help but more is needed to fix the worst-affected infrastructure, mayors say.

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