Nearly 100 NSW service stations fined $1,100 each over misleading petrol prices amid fuel shortage crackdown

<p>Most of the stations hit with penalty infringement notices were in regional NSW, while 23 were in Sydney</p><ul><li><p>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">breaking news email</a>, <a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3">free app</a> or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl">daily news podcast</a></p></li></ul><p>Ninety-three service stations in New South Wales have been issued on-the-spot fines for misrepresenting their prices amid Australia’s fuel crisis – although none are facing penalties for price gouging.</p><p>A two-week compliance blitz has seen inspectors visit about 75% – or just under 1,800 – of stations registered with fuel price app FuelCheck in NSW, issuing 93 penalty infringement notices, the state government said on Sunday.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/apr/05/nearly-100-nsw-service-stations-face-fines-over-misleading-petrol-prices-amid-fuel-shortage-crackdown">Continue reading...</a>