What the Dickens is this Government doing?

They take away GST on fruit and veg with one hand, in a blatant vote buying grab, then they slap on 12 cents to the fuel tax with the other hand.

Admittedly, over a period of years, but they seem to have absolutely no idea what they're doing.

Having demanded that we all jump on our unicycles and use cycleways over the past six years, having halved the cost of public transport so that we fall in love with sitting, sweaty cheek by unshaved jowl with one another on the buses.

After having sneered at anyone who has the temerity to suggest that actually be quite nice to drive your car from point A to point B now, with an election approaching, they've fallen in love with roads.  

$20 billion worth of love in fact.  Road improvement up the ying-yang. You've got a road, they'll improve it.  

I just don't understand how the Government can say, oh, cost of living crisis, here, let's take GST off fruit and veg. And by the way, we're going to add 12 cents to fuel tax.

How is that supposed to help the poorest and those who need assistance more most?

There have got to be other ways of doing it.

What the Dickens is this Government doing?
They take away GST on fruit and veg with one hand, in a blatant vote buying grab, then they slap on 12 cents to the fuel tax with the other hand.
Admittedly, over a period of years, but they seem to have absolutely no idea what they're doing.
Having demanded that we all jump on our unicycles and use cycleways over the past six years, having halved the cost of public transport so that we fall in love with sitting, sweaty cheek by unshaved jowl with one another on the buses.
After having sneered at anyone who has the temerity to suggest that actually be quite nice to drive your car from point A to point B now, with an election approaching, they've fallen in love with roads.  
$20 billion worth of love in fact.  Road improvement up the ying-yang. You've got a road, they'll improve it.  
I just don't understand how the Government can say, oh, cost of living crisis, here, let's take GST off fruit and veg. And by the way, we're going to add 12 cents to fuel tax.
How is that supposed to help the poorest and those who need assistance more most?
There have got to be other ways of doing it.

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