Albanese’s pitch on beer – temporary freeze on excise indexation
- Written by Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
The Albanese government will temporarily freeze the indexation on draught beer excise, in what it describes as a win for drinkers, brewers and businesses.
The freeze is for two years and starts from the next due indexation date in August. Indexation changes are made twice a year, with the most recent one in February.
The government says the cost...
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