<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>There has been a frenzy to fill up at one Sydney service station this afternoon with fuel dropping to just 78¢ a litre.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police were called in to deal with crowds as long queues formed at Metro Petroleum in Blacktown, in Sydney's west.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It's the lowest price for fuel in decades, but it was not a permanent price reduction..</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/usa-california-woman-charged-with-manslaughter-e-motorcycle/45b24c54-1a4e-4b5f-8bcb-d2352f1d8b06"><strong><span>Woman charged in death of man 'killed by her son on e-motorbike</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Instead, it was a result of a gift to Blacktown drivers from a former federal candidate.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Matthew Camenzuli said it "felt fantastic" to use some of the money he received from the government for getting 4 per cent of the vote to give some relief at the bowser.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Normally the money goes to either the candidate or their political party and they put in their pockets. I don't want the taxpayers' money," he said.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/petrol-blacktown-cheap-drops-to-78-cents-a-litre/d3e0d299-bc80-4f24-8e75-0d7f1e3288a6" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"So petrol station here on Flushcombe Road, the fuel is now 78¢ a litre and it will be 78¢ a litre until the $10,000 runs out."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/mifepristone-us-court-abortion-drug-pill-pregnancy-termination-usa-politics-news/60ec0b02-cd5e-4365-bc0c-5bc5d8937167" rel="" target="" title=" Court ruling prohibits a quarter of all abortions in the US"><strong><span>Court ruling prohibits a quarter of all abortions in the US</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Word quickly spread that the price had dropped to lows some said they had not seen for 20 years.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It comes amid predictions costs at the bower will only rise again as benchmark oil prices soar as a result of the Iran war.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>After about three hours, Camenzuli's tab was dry.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He said he was not sure if he would contest the next federal election, but if he did he was sure to have won some easy votes.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/us-to-withdraw-5000-troops-from-germany-in-next-612-months-fulfilling-trumps-threat/738bcf41-6738-4769-a00a-f2f63b36966e"><strong><span>US to withdraw 5000 troops from Germany, fulfilling Trump's threat</span></strong></a><span></span></div></div>