What will the fuel excise cut save you? Not as much as the Treasurer says
- Written by John Hawkins, Senior Lecturer, Canberra School of Politics, Economics and Society and NATSEM, University of Canberra
Shutterstock, CC BY-SAAs an appeal to middle Australia, to the voters politicians routinely describe as working families or battlers, the Morrison government’s centrepiece budget move to halve the fuel excise for six months has obvious attractions.
“A family with two cars who fill up once a week could save around $30 a week or around...
