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Fuel excise slashed, relief for truckies as Australia enters stage two of four-point plan

A woman standing next to her car and filling it with petrol at a service station

Australian motorists will be paying more at the bowser when the fuel excise is reinstated at the end of the month. Source: AAP / BIANCA DE MARCHI/AAPIMAGE

The fuel excise, currently sitting at 52.6 cents per litre, will be halved for three months as of Wednesday. Treasury estimates it will reduce the cost of a 65-litre tank by roughly $19.


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