And to get on with life. We saw very few cancellations. That was a good thing. I said last Wednesday night and then Thursday at the National Press Club that I wanted people to have a good Easter and I hope people did, including people here. And for people of faith, I hope that they had a holy Easter as well. It's an important time for Christians on the calendar.
We have seen prices reduce across most capital cities as our excise cut flows through to bowers, not just ours but in addition to that of course the additional cut as a result of the decision by states and territories on Thursday morning that we foreshadowed last week would occur. That is a good thing. Fewer stations have shortages today than before Easter, and I'd like to thank every Australian that has played a part in this outcome. However, of course, some shortages do remain, particularly with diesel, and we continue to monitor this very closely. My government will continue to take every action we can to shield Australians from the impact of this war. This includes continuing to shore up our fuel supply.
This week on Thursday I will head to Singapore for the annual leaders meeting with Prime Minister Lawrence Wong that will take place on Friday. This will be important and will continue discussions on securing our trade in petrol, diesel and LNG. The visit will continue my government's regional engagement that I've been involved with, that Minister Bowen, Minister Wong and others have been engaged with as well right across the region including of course the trade minister Minister Farrell.
Singapore is an important relationship with Australia. And what this does is show that the work that we've done over the last four years in building relations with ASEAN and other partners including with Japan and South Korea, our traditional trading partners in North Asia, pays dividends at difficult times because we've been able to have those conversations and work together which is what we will do. Singapore is Australia's largest two-way trade partner and investor in Southeast Asia and one of our closest strategic and economic partners. The visit follows Australia and Singapore's joint commitment to keep fuel flowing between both countries and to work together to strengthen energy supply chain resilience. Together, we share concern over the situation in the Middle East, including the consequences for both of our nations. We share a deep strategic trust. I regard Prime Minister Wong as a friend of Australia and the fact that we have reconstituted these annual leaders meetings is very important. My government has spent four years building our relationship with the region. It is moments like these that these relationships really matter. Australia is facing a more uncertain world and therefore the certainty of those clear close relationships is more important than ever. We don't need to wait for this global crisis to be over. We have to build resilience into the system. We are currently in a secure position. However, engaging with our international partners is an important part of keeping our fuel supply flowing. I'll finish there, ask Minister Bowen to make some comments, then we're happy to take a few questions.
Thanks very much, PM. Well, a lot of Australians work very hard over the Easter break to make sure that our fuel was flowing to the regions and to service stations and despite the fact that demand for petrol and diesel was 30% higher this Easter than last Easter. We continue to see each day the service station outages fall. During the weekend I held daily press conferences to update on the service station numbers and happy to do so again this morning.
In New South Wales we have 125 service stations without diesel. That's 5% of service stations. That's down 17 on yesterday. 34 with no fuel. That's down five on yesterday. In Victoria we have 40 without diesel. That's down 11. So that's 2% of Victorian service stations. 29 with no unleaded petrol. In Queensland, 34 without diesel. That's also 2%. And 30 without unleaded petrol. South Australia, seven with no diesel, five with no unleaded petrol. Western Australia, 20 without diesel, and 32 without unleaded petrol. Tasmania, seven without diesel, six with no unleaded petrol. Northern Territory, four each, no diesel, no unleaded. And ACT, four with no diesel, and one without unleaded petrol. That's a total of 241 service stations without diesel across Australia today. That's 3% of our service stations.
Also on Saturday, as I do each Saturday, I updated the Australian people on how much fuel we have on hand. But just to remind, we're seeing those levels stay pretty static, which tells me that the fuel is going out the door at a very high rate to the regions in particular as it needs to, but also coming in the door. So we have 39 days worth of petrol, that's 1.7 billion L. 30 days worth of jet fuel, that's 847 million L. And 29 days worth of diesel, that's 2.6 billion L. Again, in my discussions with the fuel companies over the weekend over Easter, again, lots of people across the industry were working very hard and now have locked in confidence into well into May. Had been into April but now well into May in terms of fuel that they've been able to procure and lock in and have contractual obligations to deliver to Australia and that's a good thing.
Also a shout out to Export Finance Australia which again has been working over the weekend. A lot of people didn't take much time off over the weekend to make sure that that legislation which we passed last week is being fully implemented and deals are being done and I'll provide further updates as some of those deals are finalized in coming days. But again, a big shout out as the PM said to everyone who patriotically over the weekend worked hard to get fuel to where it's needed and to those Australians who went about their business as we encouraged, did what they normally would do but didn't take more fuel than they need. Get the same amount of fuel as you normally get, no more, no less is the right thing to do at the moment and so many Australians across the board did that. So a big thank you to everyone who did that.
I have no intention of commenting on a matter that's clearly before the courts here.
The NDIS is a very important program. It's one that's made an enormous difference to people's lives and we need to remember that. We want to make sure that it's fit for purpose and that it's sustainable and we'll be working on the budget like we do on other items for that.
I have no intention of prejudicing a matter that clearly is a legal matter and that's before the courts and any comment would do so.
There will obviously be a context of this budget which is what is going on in the world. The conflict in the Middle East has impacted every single economy in the world and is having an impact on Australians. This isn't something that we called for. It's something though even though it's a war on the other side of the world is having an impact here. So it will be one of the factors in the leadup to the budget. I think in a range of areas that we're considering at the moment though our ambition isn't diminished. This is a budget that runs in the context after one year after our reelection where we have as I said at the National Press Club last Thursday, we've ticked off one by one the commitments that we took to the Australian people. We want to set Australia up to be more resilient and the Middle East conflict has reminded us of that, of the need to make more things here, of the need to not be at the end of supply chains and to be less vulnerable to global events. At the same time, that resilience has another factor, which is we want people to have a share of the economy, to feel like an economy that works for them. And those two factors I think of resilience is the common theme will be reflected in the deliberations that take place, they're taking place today like most days examining the budget. I think also because of the impact of the Middle East conflict, it is likely that the budget will be settled later than it normally would. Just because we're living in a very turbulent time and we want to make sure that the budget handed down on the second Tuesday in May is fit for purpose.
I'm not going to confirm anything to do with the legal matter. That is a matter that it's very important that there not be political engagement in what is a matter that is now the subject of legal proceedings. So I don't intend to comment. With Singapore, look this is an important progression. I was due to go to Singapore this year. The truth is that it's happening earlier than was intended and would have been combined with another visit. When I spoke with Prime Minister Wong, we agreed it would be good for us to have a discussion. He's a leader of the region as well. There are further discussions that we're having on a regular basis while I'm in Canberra on the phone, but nothing beats a face-to-face engagement. That will happen on Friday, and I very much look forward to being welcomed to Singapore.
The budget will be on the second Tuesday in May. I look forward to all of you paying attention on that day.
