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Government halves fuel excise to cut price on petrol and diesel (www.abc.net.au)
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**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.

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[–] TassieTosser@aussie.zone 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They're at least gonna enforce servos passing the saving on right? They'll fine any cunts their entire revenue since the war started right?

[–] thirdBreakfast@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Since the fuel price is set by market forces (rather than a cost plus model), and the law doesn't prevent price gouging in energy (those laws only apply to supermarkets) we'll likely see a drop (or at least a pause in the increases) when it's first introduced, but then the fuel companies will slowly wind it back up till they are pocketing the excise change.

So no - there's no framework forcing the saving to be passed on to motorists, and in the medium term it will go to fuel companies, funded by taxpayers.

[–] thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

While it’d be a massive fucking bureaucratic nightmare - the Govt should probably opt to refund the fuel excise levy on a monthly/quarterly basis through the ATO & financial institutions.

While it won’t do anything to curb panic-demand, it would at least provide an avenue for directly reducing end-user fuel costs in a noticeable way.

[–] porcoesphino@mander.xyz 1 points 20 hours ago

Yeah, but anyone that hates and blames politicians for this would hate and blame politicians if they did what you're suggesting. This strategy gives less money directly but more directly addresses the anger and democracy is basically a popularity contest