Labor’s tax cuts, $5 a week from 2026 and then $10 from 2027, would be replaced by halving the fuel excise to 25.4c per litre of fuel for one year
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The Coalition has vowed to repeal Labor’s legislated tax cuts if Peter Dutton wins this year’s election, a position branded as “extraordinary” by the government after years of the opposition promising lower taxes for Australians.
Instead the Coalition says its plan to halve, for one year, the fuel excise added to petrol would be a better and more immediate measure for cost of living relief, despite concerns in the past that such measures could increase inflation.
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