00:02An easter egg hunt like no other, this year for the best deal at the bowser.
00:08Very exuberant, very expensive and it's difficult to manage those these days.
00:14It'd be better if the prices did come back down to reality a little bit.
00:17It's making it hard for normal families to commute.
00:19Motorists are being told to keep an eye out for dodgy pricing,
00:23as fair trading officers crack down on servos,
00:26charging more than what's advertised on fuel check.
00:29A website now used by half a million people statewide.
00:33It is more important than ever that we make sure that service stations are charging a fair price.
00:391,800 service stations have been examined across New South Wales,
00:44leading to 93 penalty notices and at least 24 fines.
00:48The state government is setting aside $2 million in funding to improve fuel check
00:53and give motorists the power to report price gouging.
00:57What the oil companies need to understand is that every Australian is a cop and they're on the beat.
01:02The site's data will also help inform decisions on where to send fuel.
01:07We'll continue to monitor very closely any fuel shortages and inform the appropriate authorities
01:13to make sure that they can actually influence the distribution of petrol where it's needed most.
01:17Across the state around 40 petrol stations have run dry.
01:21More than 250 are without at least one fuel type and nearly 150 have no diesel.
01:28The federal government is moving to ease concerns, insisting fuel supplies remain stable.
01:35Relief on its way, but the end not yet in sight.
01:39The federal government is moving to the state.
01:39The federal government is moving to the state.
01:43The federal government is moving to the state.
01:44The federal government is moving to the state.
01:44The federal government is moving to the state.
01:44The federal government is moving to the state.
01:45The federal government is moving to the state.
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