“The cost of filling up a petrol car in July is likely to be up to 40¢ a litre higher than it was before the start of the #USA ( #Israel) conflict with #Iran if the Albanese government ends its cut to the #FuelExcise as planned.

The government temporarily cut 32¢ per litre from the excise at the height of the crisis in April, at a cost of around $2.5 billion, but is weighing up whether to extend all or part of the relief beyond June 30 as it faces a dip in its political support and an insurgent One Nation.”

#AusPol / #ClimateEmergency / #economy <https://www.afr.com/policy/energy-and-climate/why-your-next-tank-of-petrol-could-cost-24-more-despite-us-iran-deal-20260616-p60752> (paywall) / <https://archive.md/gx2AX>

This fuel excise relief will not help any ordinary citizens. The oil cartel will instantly raise their price and pocket the money.  

The only sensible solution is to speed up the electrification of our transportation - passenger cars and trucks.

#fuelExcise
#australia
#oilCartel

Another opinion piece about the unfairness of the fuel excise as EV drivers don’t pay it. It would be fine if the issue was about fairness however it is really about rapidly decarbonising cars. We are faced with a rolling train wreck with our fossil fuel caused climate crisis. We need to electrify everything and now is not the time to talk about taxes the penalise people making the change. Certainly a change is needed to ensure the budget can be balanced but not at the expense of slowing the transition for perceived “fairness”. The system is inherently unfair as it is designed to boost EV sales and drive the transition.

https://www.smh.com.au/business/the-economy/as-more-evs-hit-the-road-this-gap-in-our-tax-system-needs-fixing-20260326-p5zj11.html

#evs #FuelExcise #RoadUserCharge #ElectrifyEverything #climatecrisis #auspol