ACTIVISTS ARE TARGETING
FUEL TAX CREDITS.
FUEL TAX CREDITS.
Australian businessescannot afford to stay silent.
Australian businesses are already being hit with rising costs. Now Fuel Tax Credits are under threat.
Fuel Tax Credits are not a subsidy, they simply refund a road tax on fuel that is not used on roads.
Across Australia, farmers, freight operators, builders, fishers and tourism businesses rely on off-road fuel to do essential work. Fuel Tax Credits make sure they are not paying a road tax on fuel that is never used on roads.
Fuel tax credits support businesses that use fuel off public roads, but activists are pushing to scrap or cut them, putting pressure on industries already facing rising costs.
Cutting or removing Fuel Tax Credits would add another cost to businesses already under pressure. Those costs would not stop there. They would flow through to the things Australians rely on every day, including food, freight, housing, regional jobs and local services.
Enough is enough.
Australians have taken action
I’m signing to support the farmers, fishers, builders, freight operators, tourism businesses, miners and regional communities that rely on off-road fuel to keep Australia moving.
Australian businessescannot afford to stay silent.
Removing or reducing Fuel Tax Credits won’t just affect one industry.
It increases costs for the businesses that grow our food, move our freight, build our homes, support tourism, employ regional workers and keep essential industries moving.
Those costs do not disappear.
They flow through supply chains and show up in the cost of everyday goods, services and projects.
Higher food prices
Higher freight costs
More expensive building projects
Job losses
Higher costs for local businesses
Less competitive Australian industries
Hear from the Australians who rely on off-road fuel to do essential work, and what higher fuel costs would mean for their businesses, workers and communities.
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We’re not on the road, we’re on the ocean. So for me it’s a no brainer – why would we be paying a road tax, we’re boats!
Jan Claxton
Tourism Operator
The fuel tax is about roads, the government has other environmental policies that are designed to mitigate emissions, fuel tax credit won't have an impact on that
Gareth Philips | CEO
Association of Marine Park Tourism Operators
Our profit margins would be diminished, we would then have to work a way to regain that, and we would be passing that onto customers
Jason Moore
Reef Unlimited
If the fuel tax credit was taken away from our industry, it would be a significant impact on the cost of our operations
Tony Baker | Managing Director
Quicksilver Group
All of our machinery is diesel, 100%, and it’s just the most reliable fuel source that we’ve got. There’s no alternatives out there.
Brad | Owner
Bungulla Farming
We’re not on the road, we’re on the ocean. So for me it’s a no brainer – why would we be paying a road tax, we’re boats!
Small business owner
Any push to remove the fuel tax rebate on heavy machinery would weaken our strongest industries.
Small business owner
Australia’s grape and wine sector is facing some of the toughest conditions in living memory. Growers are receiving historically low prices for their grapes, wineries are battling rising costs and many regional businesses are under immense financial pressure.
Lee McLean - CEO
Australian Grape & Wine
NOW THEY’RE
AFTER YOUR FUEL.
Same activists.
New target.
Stay ahead. Stay informed. Take action.
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Share your story
Do you run or work for a business that relies on off-road fuel to create jobs for Australians and keep our nation strong?
We want to hear how changes to Fuel Tax Credits would affect your costs, workers, customers or community. Whether you are on a farm, a boat, a building site, a mine site, a freight route or a tourism operation, your story matters.
FAQs
Fuel Tax Credits refund fuel excise paid on fuel that is used off public roads or in eligible off-road business activities.
Fuel taxes are meant to help pay for roads. But many Australian businesses use fuel in machinery, boats, equipment and vehicles that do not operate on public roads. Fuel Tax Credits exist so those businesses are not left paying a road tax on fuel that is not used on roads.
No. Fuel Tax Credits are a rebate that refunds fuel excise where fuel is used off-road or in eligible business activities. In simple terms, they remove an unfair road tax from fuel that is not used on roads.
No road use means no road tax.
Fuel Tax Credits ensure businesses are not hit with a road tax where there is no road use.
They support businesses across farming, fishing, transport, construction, tourism, mining and regional industries that rely on off-road fuel to do essential work.
Scrapping or capping them would hit businesses with another tax when they can least afford it.
Fuel Tax Credits are used by a wide range of Australian industries that rely on off-road fuel.
This includes farming, fishing, construction, transport, tourism, mining and other businesses that use fuel in machinery, boats, heavy equipment, generators and off-road vehicles.
These businesses help produce food, move goods, build infrastructure, support regional economies and keep essential industries operating.
The Fuel Tax Credit Alliance brings together businesses and industry groups from across Australia that rely on off-road fuel.
It represents farmers, freight operators, builders, tourism businesses, miners and others who are directly affected by proposals to cap or cut Fuel Tax Credits.
The Alliance exists to make sure the voices of working businesses and regional communities are heard.
Because Fuel Tax Credits are under active pressure from a coordinated attack by professional activist groups calling for these credits to be cut, capped or removed.
These campaigns are getting louder and more well-funded and are being used to push for policy changes that would increase costs on business.
The Alliance is speaking up now because businesses are already under pressure from rising costs and increasing taxes. This would be another hit they cannot afford.
If Fuel Tax Credits are cut, capped or removed, businesses that rely on off-road fuel would face higher operating costs.
For many businesses, fuel is essential to run machinery, boats, equipment and vehicles.
Removing or limiting credits would jack up the price of fuel for those businesses by hitting them with a new tax on fuel used off-road.
Whatever activists might claim, those costs do not magically disappear. They flow through supply chains and add pressure to food prices, freight costs, construction, local services and jobs.
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