High noon on high petrol prices as excise relief ends

While higher petrol prices are looming on the horizon, the Federal Government should use this as an opportunity to review the entire fuel tax system, says Dr Lurion De Mello from the Macquarie Business School.
Australian motorists might be bracing for an increase in prices at the petrol pump as the temporary halt to the fuel excise comes to an end on 28 September, but it’s also a chance for the Federal Government to usher in a new era of cleaner fuel and lower taxes.