Filling up your car will cost less under a Coalition Government, Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has promised, as both major parties compete on cost of living solutions, ahead of the election. Source: ABC News.
The Opposition has promised to cut the fuel excise by 25c for a year – taking the rate from about 50c to 25c per litre.
Mr Dutton said his policy would take effect as soon as he wins office, unlike Labor’s new tax cuts that are more than a year away.
“If elected, we will deliver this cost of living relief immediately – whereas people have to wait 15 months for Labor’s 70-cents-a-day tax tweak,” Mr Dutton said in a statement.
Tonight’s Budget reply from Mr Dutton is also expected to reveal the size of the migration program cut, SBS News reports. The Opposition has foreshadowed a significant reduction, though shadow treasurer Angus Taylor has recently declined to repeat a previous claim he made last year that the Coalition would cut Net Overseas Migration by 25 per cent.
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Coalition promises to halve fuel excise, shaving 25c off a litre of petrol (ABC News)
Coalition pours petrol on the cost of living debate ahead of the election (By Anna Henderson, SBS News)
