The government has halved the fuel excise on petrol and diesel for three months, reducing the cost of fuel by 26.3 cents per litre.

**In short: **

The government has halved the fuel excise, reducing the cost of petrol and diesel by 26.3 cents a litre for three months.

The heavy road user charge will also be reduced to zero for the same period, taking pressure off truck drivers and transport costs.

  • Rimu@piefed.socialEnglish
    211·
    8 hours ago

    Govt responds to fuel shortage by pushing the price down, thereby increasing consumption and maintaining dependence.

    This is fine.

    • shirro@aussie.zoneEnglish
      2·
      7 hours ago

      Long term it would be bad. High prices help hasten energy transition and energy independence but the collapse of the Libs has left a very dangerous power vacuum.

      Hopefully Trump dies of natural causes or gets the 25th soon and the disruptions in the gulf ends.

      Meanwhile Labor needs to be seen to be doing popular things to keep the fossil fuel and billionaire funded populists to 20%

      Government is always about finding a balance, not being perfect.

    • FreedomAdvocateEnglish
      28·
      7 hours ago

      With logic like this from a dev I’m glad I’m never joining piefed.