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okwithmydecay@leminal.space to Australia@aussie.zoneEnglish · 1 month ago

A fuel excise cut is on its way, but is it a big 'mistake' for Australian households?

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A fuel excise cut is on its way, but is it a big 'mistake' for Australian households?

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okwithmydecay@leminal.space to Australia@aussie.zoneEnglish · 1 month ago
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Economists warn that a fuel excise cut could boost inflation — and make mortgage rate hikes more likely.
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  • dyathinkhesaurus@lemmy.world
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    Servos will just maintain/up their prices to profit off the difference. Won’t change a thing for consumers.

    • fizzle@quokk.au
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      Yep.

      Pretty daft really.

  • Taleya@aussie.zone
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    Fuck a duck have we forgotten the meaning of “finite resource”?

  • Arancello@aussie.zone
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    YES. big mistake

  • harmbugler@piefed.social
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    The free public transport initiative is better. Also in NSW Minns still wants public sector workers to go into the office. Why not at least temporarily relax that policy?

  • NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone
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    Watch the prices not go down even for a moment.

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