Re: $4b transport plan to ease petrol heat

["Ted Gay" <tedgay@bigpond.com>]

"Maurie Daly" <mauried@tpg.com.au> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 19 Oct 2000 06:25:46 +1100, Paul Blair <pblair@pcug.org.au>
> wrote:
>
> <snip>
> .
> Yes this announcement seems to indicate that major infrastructure
> funding for roads and rail can only be achieved by major
> infrastructure sales.
> I heard the PM on the ABC recently defending the Govts refusal to cut
> the excise on petrol or even reduce the rate of indexation,and his
> response was that this revenue is needed to pay pensions.
> I thought fuel excise was to pay for roads .

An old furphy,  it simply goes into Consolidated Revenue.
<snip>.
>
> MD
>
Ted