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No need to panic buy – says APCO fuel boss

March 25, 2026 3:39 pm in by
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The boss of APCO service stations has called on the community not to panic buy petrol saying supply is, in the main, quite good.

APCO have about 30 servos with three located here in Ballarat, at the time of publishing this story, all 30 had fuel to sell.

APCO Co-Director Peter Anderson says customers need to stay calm and only buy when needed.

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“There’s no need to panic buy.”

“Yes, you are going to pay a little bit more at the pump unfortunately over the coming weeks, but that might only be a week, it just depends on what Mr. Trump wants to do,” Mr. Anderson said.

According to “Petrol Spy’ the cheapest unleaded fuel today in Ballarat is 239.9 cents per litre, however you can pay as much as 255.9.

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