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The government has halved the fuel excise, reducing the cost of petrol and diesel by 26.3 cents a litre for three months.

The heavy road user charge will also be reduced to zero for the same period, taking pressure off truck drivers and transport costs.

  • 𝚝𝚛𝚔 ( trk@aussie.zone ) OP
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    7 months ago

    Also, needed some fuel on the weekend for the mower so took up our 2 x 20L fuel containers we keep in the shed for the mower / whipper snipper to fill them up… Could feel the eyes as we dared fill up a couple of jerry cans. Obviously hoarding. After turning up in our EV…

    Really surprised at the lack of anger at old Trumpy over this whole thing. Everyones so quick to blame “Albo” or “Labor” (“labour” usually) rather than… the bloke who is literally the one who initiated the conflict??

    Anyway. Will certainly be delicious irony if this is the turning point for electric adoption.

    • fizzle ( fizzle@quokk.au ) 
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      7 months ago

      Only an idiot would blame Albo.

      However, I’m really raging that Albo and other world leaders won’t hold Trump’s feet to the fire over this.

      Trump started it and he’s the only one that can finish it and the only way he will do that is if other leaders throw some shade on him for this idiocy.

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        7 months ago

        You are not the only one. I interact with a lot of right-wing nutters and also right-wing “normal” people who are now blaming Trump. Even the cookers and Red Hats are rethinking their world view.