Re: Diesel fuel excise reduction

["Ray Cross" <rayrae@ngc.com.au>]

Ben,
Welcome to  the real world!
Ray
Ben Staples <98711576@student.hawkesbury.uws.edu.au> wrote in article
<771nq8$nbv@ob1.uws.EDU.AU>...
> In the Herald today I read, and quote "...the Commenwealth Government is
> proposing to slash the diesel fuel excise for heavy vehicles (road, but
not
> rail) from 43c to 18c in its tax package."
> 
> I have heard of the dieslel fuel excise reduction as part of the tax
reform
> package, but never knew that ot was only trucks that would benifit.
Surely
> this cannot be true. The government is fully subsidising the road freight
> industry and hell to rail transport. I spit on little John.
> 
> Ben Staples
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