Reposted by Jane Gardner
Let this sink in. This financial year, taxpayers will hand over nearly $10.8bn to make it cheaper for miners, farmers and some other industries to use diesel and petrol. Serious reform of the fuel tax credit subsidy is long overdue. #auspol #climatechange www.theguardian.com/environment/...
theguardian.com
Australia’s most costly anti-climate policy hits taxpayers for $30m a day as calls mount to wind back fuel tax credits | Adam Morton
The government will hand over $10.8bn this financial year under the scheme that makes it cheaper for miners and other industries to use diesel and petrol