Australia’s Morrison Faces Heat on $20.8bn Fuel Excise – SMH

A political row over the cost of living is building pressure on Prime Minister Scott Morrison to cut some of the federal government’s $20.8 billion in petrol and diesel excise while the war in Ukraine drives up global oil prices and reshapes the federal election debate on household budgets, The Sydney Morning Herald reported.

A change to the excise is on the agenda in the internal debate over the March 29 budget alongside a tax plan designed to win back voters at the election due in May, with cabinet ministers canvassing measures to claim workers will be better off under the Coalition.

Read the full report: The Sydney Morning Herald.

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Jim Pollard

Jim Pollard is an Australian journalist based in Thailand since 1999. He worked for News Ltd papers in Sydney, Perth, London and Melbourne before travelling through SE Asia in the late 90s. He was a senior editor at The Nation for 17+ years and has a family in Bangkok.

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