GST key to petrol price hike 1 First With The News Edition

Australian Bureau of Statistics figures yesterday confirmed excise adjustments on all these items will be much greater than normal due to the Federal Government's GST tax reform. Without the GST the price increase for a tank of petrol would have been closer to 24, for a carton of beer 12, and f...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published inThe Courier-mail
Main Author Jim Dickins, Michael McKenna
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Brisbane, Qld Nationwide News Pty Ltd 25.01.2001
Subjects
Beazley, Kim
Howard, John
Online AccessGet full text

Cover

More Information
Summary:Australian Bureau of Statistics figures yesterday confirmed excise adjustments on all these items will be much greater than normal due to the Federal Government's GST tax reform. Without the GST the price increase for a tank of petrol would have been closer to 24, for a carton of beer 12, and for a packet Motoring organisations and the Australian Hotels Association have demanded the Government freeze next month's excise increase, or at least alter it to exclude the one-off impact of the GST.
ISSN:1322-5235