Australian Government Cuts Fuel Tax

“what we're hearing now, it's not so much supply as the issue. Governments worldwide have been racing to secure adequate fuel supplies for the coming months. Political reporter Stephanie Boris explains how Australian truck drivers are managing during the crisis.”

“The impact's been extreme. I would say worse than COVID. So this current month now I just got my fuel bill this morning. It came in at $92,000.”

“So this current month now I just got my fuel bill this morning. It came in at $92,000. Sorry.”

“got my fuel bill this morning. It came in at $92,000. Sorry. So the impact that it's having is just, it's unbelievable and people just don't understand until they're actually going through it.”

“So the impact that it's having is just, it's unbelievable and people just don't understand until they're actually going through it.”

“whether government could do more. This is what he said. We will. households. That's why we acted to take the road user charge, a heavy vehicle road user charge down to zero and to cut the excess in half and to work with the states to cut the GST. That was the most important thing we could do. We've also made clear that we will always consider what further actions are necessary to provide businesses with support through this very difficult period where fuel prices have gone up right around the world and of course we'll continues to do that.”