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Halving the fuel excise is smart politics, but flawed policy

  • Written by Locky Xianglong Liu, Research fellow, Centre of Policy Studies, Victoria University

With fuel prices staying high, the federal government has announced a halving of the fuel excise for three months. This will cost the federal budget A$2.55 billion, according to Treasurer Jim Chalmers.

This will cut the cost of fuel by 26.3 cents a litre. At the same time, the government said it will temporarily cut the 32.4-cent-a-litre heavy...

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