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A new Park’nPay Accessibility Portal has gone live in New South Wales in a joint initiative between the NSW Government, Google and the Physical Disability Council of NSW.

Average petrol prices rose in the September quarter 2020 after a record low earlier in the year, but still remain well below the 15-year real average of 151.6 cents per litre (cpl), according to a new report from the competition watchdog, the ACCC.

Over 65,000 vehicles with deadly Takata airbags still remain on Australian roads with just four weeks until the compulsory recall deadline.

Petrol retailers have been warned by the competition watchdog, the ACCC, that they should not use the current COVID 19 pandemic to further increase profits, and should pass on the full benefit of falling oil prices to motorists.

A survey of 22,000 motorists in Victoria, carried out in late 2019, has found that more of them prefer hybrid power for their next car, rather than a petrol engine, while the preference for all-electric vehicles is also growing.

Toll road operator Transurban is partnering with location service platform provider Bluedot to launch a new app, which the two companies say is helping Australian motorists automatically track and pay for tolls on their smartphone.

WA drivers are being warned to stay off their mobile phones, with fines set to skyrocket under new changes from the state government.