SYDNEY - The Australian government is under pressure to cut fuel excise as petrol prices hit an eight-year high and Prime Minister Scott Morrison trails in the polls just weeks before a general election. Opposition Labor Party leader Anthony Albanese has drawn level with Morrison as preferred prime minister for the first time since the pandemic outbreak, according to a Newspoll

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Revenue from the fuel excise is due to increase from $19.2 billion this financial year to $20.8 billion next year.

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Morrison faces heat on $20.8 billion fuel excise

March 14, 2022SYDNEY (Reuters) –     The Australian government is under pressure to cut fuel excise as petrol prices hit an eight-year high and Prime Minister Scott Morrison trails in the polls just weeks before a general election.Opposition Labor Party leader Anthony Albanese has drawn level with Morrison as preferred prime minister for the first time since the pandemic outbreak, according to a Newspoll published on Monday.Labor has led Morriso…

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The federal government is under pressure to reduce its fuel tax to ease the burden of rising petrol prices.

South Australian Premier Steven Marshall has written to the Prime Minister, asking for action in the upcoming federal budget.

Average unleaded prices have increased to $2.20 a litre and could reach $2.50 a litre within weeks.

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SYDNEY (Reuters) - The Australian government is under pressure to cut fuel excise as petrol prices hit an eight-year high and Prime Minister Scott Morrison trails in the polls just weeks before a general election. Opposition Labor Party leader Anthony Albanese has drawn level with Morrison as preferred prime minister for the first time since the pandemic outbreak, according to a Newspoll published on Monday. Labor has led Morrison's conservative…

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Australian government under pressure to cut fuel excise as petrol prices hit eight-year high. Prime Minister Scott Morrison trails in the polls just weeks before a general election. Several state premiers have called for the federal government to cut a petrol and diesel excise worth A$20.8 billion.

Australian government under pressure to cut fuel excise as election nears

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