A fuel excise cut is on its way, but is it a big 'mistake' for Australian households?

https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/a-fuel-excise-cut-is-on-its-way-but-heres-why-it-could-drive-up-inflation/dg3htxrk1

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dyathinkhesaurus@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 160d (1 reply)

Servos will just maintain/up their prices to profit off the difference. Won't change a thing for consumers.

fizzle@quokk.au · 5 pts · 160d

Yep.

Pretty daft really.

Taleya@aussie.zone · 9 pts · 160d

Fuck a duck have we forgotten the meaning of "finite resource"?

Arancello@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 160d

YES. big mistake

harmbugler@piefed.social · 5 pts · 160d

The free public transport initiative is better. Also in NSW Minns still wants public sector workers to go into the office. Why not at least temporarily relax that policy?

NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 160d

Watch the prices not go down even for a moment.