(Yesterday, 10:22 AM)heisenberg Wrote: one things fer sher IF they drop the 70c tax on a ltr of fuel it wont take long for some government to add it againYou really need to up your research Heinie. FET National Land Transport Fund component is 70.02c/L + GST so 80.5c/L to most folks.
That said I would be both surprised and disappointed if the petrol pump price dropped by that much. It would reduce the disincentive of running a high consumption vehicle so a windfall for V8s, DCUs, etc so an increase in carbon/ETS taxation needs to be part of this RUC system change to correct the balance in terms of emissions reduction.