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Infrastructure Partnerships Australia chief executive, Adrian Dwyer, has joined the conga-line calling for Australia to replace its fuel excise and registration system with direct road user charges:
Along with vehicle registration fees, the federal government’s largest source of transport-related revenue is the fuel excise. It collects 41 cents in tax on every litre of petrol and diesel sold at the pump in Australia, contributing about $12.6 billion annually to government coffers…
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Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness.
Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.