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.

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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

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As more EVs hit the road, this gap in our tax system needs fixing

The fuel crisis helps to illustrate why a road user charge makes sense – and why it should happen sooner rather than later.

The Sydney Morning Herald

Roadblocks remain for Aussie EV drivers despite sales rising as BYD battles Tesla for dominance

Australia’s electric vehicle market is booming, but scratch the surface and there are still big roadblocks ahead. At…
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