Fuel excise cuts would be a “political Band-aid” that could worsen petrol shortages and add to inflation, economists have warned. The mining billionaire Gina Rinehart, Tasmania’s state premier and Liberal opposition leaders in New South Wales and Victoria have called for the Albanese government to cut the excise on petrol and diesel. Petrol prices have surged to 250c a litre and diesel about 300c per litre, from 180c at the start of March. Retailers such as service stations pay a fuel excise for both, set at 52.6c a litre. The federal Liberals and Nationals had so far steered clear of
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