Good News for Rail Fuel taxes

["David Bennetts" <davibenn@pcug.org.au>]

In his speech last night, the PM John Howard announced that rail would now
be eligible for the same reductions in fuel excise which will apply under
the GST regime to heavy road vehicles, ie those over 20 tonnes generally and
between 4.5 tonnes and 20 tonnes in country areas.   At least this goes some
way to restoring a level playing field.  Under the original plans, rail
would have been paying 16 cents per litre more for diesel fuel than the
heavy road transport industry.  Onya Meg!

Regards

David Bennetts