**In short: **
The government has halved the fuel excise, reducing the cost of petrol and diesel by 26.3 cents a litre for three months.
The heavy road user charge will also be reduced to zero for the same period, taking pressure off truck drivers and transport costs.
They have been getting fuel into the country and trying to support critical industries and combat price increases. There is a limit. We aren’t about to sanction the USA or start a war with them. Global oil prices aren’t something our government can control.
Whatever they do it’s going to end with fuel rationing I think. Odd and even plate days etc. Seen it all before. People forget quickly how vulnerable we are to disruptions in the global supply chain.
Cutting fuel excise is likely a poor decision conomically but there is a constant theme I see online, don’t know where it comes from, that this government does nothing. They are obviously doing a hell of a lot and perhaps more than they should. It isn’t being reported or understood for some reason.