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The Brisbane suburbs with the most and fewest EVs

Who is driving electric cars in Brisbane? The suburbs with the most and fewest EVs

The uptake of EVs in Brisbane paints a divided picture of the city.

  • Marissa Calligeros

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Australia is bracing for another round of petrol panic buying.

Warning over petrol panic-buying as fuel excise discount expires

Fuel suppliers and the federal government are preparing for another surge in petrol demand before a popular tax break is wound up at the end of the month.

  • Mike Foley and Nick Toscano
The U-Go self-serve model of petrol station has become popular with motorists seeking cheaper fuel.

Australian drivers flock to staff-free servos as fuel prices bite

A major fuel supplier will add more than 100 self-serve sites to its discount chain amid a rush of demand from motorists seeking relief from record prices.

  • Nick Toscano
Bob Barrett.

Experts spent years trying to change the way people travel. The fuel crisis did it in less than a month

Nearly half of Australians have changed the way they travel since the war in Iran began, but a clear regional and metropolitan divide has appeared.

  • Gemma Grant
From July, drivers using their cars for business will be able to claim a bigger tax deduction.

Drivers will get bigger tax deductions for car expenses from July

Australians using their cars for business will be able to claim bigger tax deductions for trips made from July 1 this year.

  • Millie Muroi
Treasurer Jim Chalmers said the 32 cents-a-litre fuel excise and GST cuts to fuel would end by July.

Petrol could top $2 a litre after June as excise winds up

The Albanese government has confirmed it is removing a major saving for motorists in coming weeks.

  • Mike Foley
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The war in Iran has choked fuel supplies and pushed up the cost of petrol and diesel worldwide.

Australian fuel prices face July surge if Strait of Hormuz remains shut

Australia faces a race against time to avoid another fuel price shock as analysts watch to see if the US and Iran can agree to a peace deal before a temporary cut to fuel excise ends.

  • Nick Toscano
RBA chief economist Sarah Hunter says higher interest rates and tax changes will affect the housing market.

Rates and tax will take steam out of property market, says RBA

Higher interest rates and changes to taxes around housing are likely to cool the housing market.

  • Shane Wright and Mike Foley
The budget in charts.

How exactly is your money being spent? Five charts that really explain the budget

Here are the charts that tell you the budget’s outlook for households and the economy.

  • Clancy Yeates and Craig Butt
Kevin Warsh was on the Fed’s board when its first bout of quantitative easing began in response to the 2008 financial crisis, but has been a QE critic since leaving the board in 2011.

Trump’s man is set to make the president very angry

Kevin Warsh is getting ready to sit on one of the hottest seats in America. He just found out he won’t be able to deliver what Donald Trump expects from him.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz