Townsville Bulletin

Bill relief in tax cut

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MOST Australian­s feel the carbon tax pushed up electricit­y prices, but say their bills still rose after it was scrapped. That’s despite the ACCC saying Treasury’s estimate that households would save $ 550 from the repeal of the carbon tax was “reasonable”. The final carbon tax monitoring report highlighte­d savings in electricit­y and gas as well as landfill, council rates and charges, food manufactur­ing, water charges and transport.

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