A fiery political debate has erupted over proposals backed by the Greens, sections of Labor, and billionaire Andrew Forrest to wind back Australia’s fuel tax credit scheme to save the government an estimated $34 billion. 

The Menzies Research Centre warns that removing the rebate acts as an impractical, stealth carbon tax that will devastate farmers and miners with punitive costs, inevitably driving up supermarket prices for all Australians.

A fiery political debate has erupted over proposals backed by the Greens, sections of Labor, and billionaire Andrew Forrest to wind back Australia&rsquo;s fuel tax credit scheme to save the government an estimated $34 billion. 
The Menzies Research Centre warns that removing the rebate acts as an impractical, stealth carbon tax that will devastate farmers and miners with punitive costs, inevitably driving up supermarket prices for all Australians.

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