Fuel excise regime for Rail & Road after 1 July

[mauried@tpg.com.au (Maurie Daly)]

Does anyone have any idea what is the situation facing rail post GST.
>From wading thru the ATOs rules on excise it seems a great mess.
I have been able to deduce that
1/ Rail wont pay any excise on fuel ,but will it have to pay a GST on fuel.?
2/ There seems to be a variety of rebates available for road users,based on 
where the trucks go and their weight.
How this will be enforced is beyond me.

One potentially unfair aspect of the rebate scheme seems that trucks that are 
used solely in delivering goods within a city are not subject to any rebates.
Now this would include trucks which are delivering goods to and from rail 
terminals to the customer.
The incentive here is simply for the customer to not use rail and truck the 
goods directly to their final destination which if it is regional or 
interstate means that the truckie gets a rebate on the fuel used.

MD