It’s ho-ho-hopeless to wish for low petrol prices this Christmas

Glen Humphries
Updated October 19 2018 - 2:54pm, first published October 16 2018 - 1:00pm
Bah humbug: We can expect to see petrol prices continue to rise for the rest of the year. Picture: Marina Neil
Bah humbug: We can expect to see petrol prices continue to rise for the rest of the year. Picture: Marina Neil

The NRMA tipped the average price for regular unleaded could hit $1.68 a litre in the next few weeks – but some Illawarra servos have already gone well past that figure.

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Glen Humphries

Glen Humphries

Senior journalist

I'm an award-winning senior journalist with the Illawarra Mercury and have well over two decades' worth of experience in newspapers. I cover the three local councils in the Illawarra for the Mercury, state and federal politics, as well as writing for the TV guide. If I'm not writing, I'm reading.

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