00:02More pain at the petrol pump.
00:04The fuel's very expensive.
00:07One thing on my car costs like 300 in a thing.
00:11That is critical.
00:13Every time it goes up a little bit more,
00:14I kind of think, well, I'm going to have to fill up at some point,
00:17so I'll probably do it sooner or later,
00:19but it's still always just a little amount.
00:20Some forced to choose fuel over food.
00:23The fuel has already cost nearly like 40% of my wages.
00:29So it's like, it's really hard.
00:31We can't buy like as much food and like drinks and stuff.
00:38Since August, when the fuel excise cut ended,
00:41prices have soared to more than $2.30 a litre for petrol
00:46and $2.82 for diesel.
00:49The opposition proposing some relief.
00:51Halve fuel tax when global prices rise.
00:55When we see two weeks where the price has averaged
00:57over $100 a barrel, which means we're getting up
01:00towards $3 a litre at the Bowser,
01:03there will be relief for Australians under a coalition government.
01:06To be paid for through cheaper legal cigarettes.
01:10The cut to tobacco excise will raise $8 billion of funding.
01:15He's come up with an uncapped and unfunded proposal.
01:19He can't tell us how much it costs or how he'll pay for it.
01:23The idea is popular at the Bowser.
01:25I mean, they've got the power, they've got the means.
01:28It's just a matter if they want to do it or not.
01:30It does nothing to actually address the root causes of the issues.
01:34It does have impacts for inflation, for equity and for the budget.
01:38In the meantime, the RAA is encouraging drivers
01:41to make the most of fuel apps and discount offers to shop around.
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