Government halves fuel excise for three months as $2.55 billion handout to fuel companies feeling the pinch
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-30/fuel-excise-halved-three-months-petrol-diesel/106510432

There, I fixed the headline for you. It used to say "Government halves fuel excise for three months to ease cost of petrol, diesel."

Pardon my cynicism, but I think servos and companies producing petrol and diesel won't pass along the full savings to customers. They'll price-gouge like they've always price-gouged. We will not see the cost of fuel fall by 26.3 cents a litre, and taxpayers will foot the bill for $2.55 billion. This is a gift from the government to fuel companies that are affected by people cutting their use of petrol and diesel.

If the Trump/Israel invasion of Iran continues more than three months, the government will repeat their misguided $2.25 Billion gesture.

Later, when the government eases-off this fuel excise cut, the fuel companies will use it as a pretext to jump up the price even further.

#AusPol #PriceGouging #Petrol #Diesel #Iran #Trump #Israel

Well most of us gonna survive on cans of food.

2025 net income was about $11 billion, up from $8.7 billion in 2024.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/03/netflix-increases-prices-for-all-plans-by-up-to-2-per-month/

#Netflix #CancelNetflix #PriceGouging

I filled up for $2.84 the day this stupid war started, knowing the prices were going up. I was half empty today when I filled up again for $3.59, because I'm not waiting to fill up my WHOLE tank when it climbs up to $4.34 (or more).

#Montana #Billings #gas #gasprices #money #inflation #pricegouging #Iran #IranWar

Holy WTF, HP? The entire *printer* barely cost that much when I first bought it a few years ago.

Funnily enough, have ordered alternative non-HP ink instead. I can afford a whole new printer if need be (and to get away from HP with their evil "subscription" imposition mentality, would quite like the excuse to jump, tbh).

#HP #printer #PriceGouging #exploitation #bastards