The Allan Labor Government is helping you find the best deal at the petrol pump, with Servo Saver.
Premier Jacinta Allan and Minister for Consumer Affairs Nick Staikos today launched Servo Saver on the Service Victoria app.
It could save Victorian motorists up to $333 a year at the pump – putting money back in their pockets and helping to alleviate cost of living pressures.
The new app also helps deliver the first phase of the Government’s Fair Fuel Plan by requiring fuel retailers to report their fuel prices in real time, with new legislation set to cap on the daily price.
More than 1,200 retailers across Victoria are now compliant with the new mandatory reporting system and are already meeting requirements to report their fuel prices.
This price data is fed directly into Servo Saver, allowing motorists to see where they will get the best deal in their area or along their route and make informed decisions about when and where to fill up.
Currently, fuel price reporting in Victoria is voluntary and often patchy. While commercial price reporting websites exist, Servo Saver will include every fuel provider, won’t be advertiser funded, and will never promote one outlet over the other.
The servo saver and mandatory reporting will support the next phase of the Fair Fuel Plan – to cap the fuel price once a day and lock that ceiling in place for 24 hours, or when the price is reduced.
This means you’ll be able to check your local area for which service station is offering the best price throughout the next day – and when you arrive in the morning to fill up, there’ll be no surprises.
Under the plan, the price at that outlet can’t rise at any time throughout that day, but there is not intended to be any limit to a company reducing its fuel price. This plan is already well underway.
It’s just one of the ways the Labor Government is helping people save time and money.
At the moment, renters typically have to raise the funds to pay a bond for their new rental, before they’ve received their bond back from their current rental.
Most people don’t just have a spare few thousand dollars lying around to cover this cost.
Under the Government’s new portable bond scheme, renters can apply to transfer their existing bond to their new rental property.
The government will guarantee their existing bond amount to the original rental provider until their first rental is wrapped up, and the bond claim and return for that property is finalised.
Quotes attributable to Premier Jacinta Allan
“We’re capping and locking fuel price rises and helping you save money at the servo.”
"We know this won’t change everything for families who are doing it tough, but these savings can add up to hundreds of dollars a year.”
Quote attributable to Minister for Consumer Affairs Nick Staikos
“Servo Saver is designed to enable motorists to make informed decisions about where to fill up, while giving retailers greater control over how they advertise their petrol prices.”
Quote attributable to Minister for Government Services Natalie Hutchins
“The feature expands our offerings on the Service Victoria app, bringing together more than 170 government services online.”
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