[bikeqld] RACQ poll on fuel subsidy (fwd)

[Glen Fergus]

That miss-states things a bit Peter.  For constitutional
reasons the 8c/L is a Commonwealth tax collected on
behalf of state governments, and remitted directly to
them.  Queensland, in it's wisdom (and for largely
historical reasons), chooses to rebate the tax via
petrol retailers (previously wholesalers), who appear
to pocket a slab of it before passing on the rest.
So the 8c isn't really a subsidy, rather a nationally
collected tax messily forgone.  So those who don't
drive much neither gain nor lose.

Don't get me wrong, I voted to get rid of it ... around
30 times IIRC.  (Early and often, I say.  I wonder if
the filtered IP multiples?)

G.

 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: bikeqld-bounces at bikeqld.org.au 
> [mailto:bikeqld-bounces at bikeqld.org.au] On Behalf Of Peter Whittle
> Sent: Thursday, 28 May 2009 1:47 PM
> To: Ian Lister; Richard Hockey
> Cc: bikeqld at bikeqld.org.au
> Subject: RE: [bikeqld] RACQ poll on fuel subsidy (fwd)
> 
> I've just written to RACQ as a gold member, saying the poll 
> and the petition misrepresent the issues and are not in the 
> best interests of many members:
> 
> - those who do not drive a lot will pay more in their tax 
> than they get back
> - taxing and returning the funds is an inefficient way to 
> achieve a policy outcome, with bureaucratic overheads and 
> misdirecting of the tax money
> - many motorists and RACQ motorists think we should be 
> encouraged to drive less and that paying the full cost for 
> limited resources is desirable.
> 
> Any RACQ members amongst you could usefully add your 
> objections and ask RACQ to provide the full arguments on both 
> sides of the tax.
> 
> Pete
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bikeqld-bounces at bikeqld.org.au 
> [mailto:bikeqld-bounces at bikeqld.org.au] On Behalf Of Ian Lister
> Sent: Thursday, 28 May 2009 11:26 AM
> To: Richard Hockey
> Cc: bikeqld at bikeqld.org.au
> Subject: RE: [bikeqld] RACQ poll on fuel subsidy (fwd)
> 
> On Thu, 28 May 2009, Richard Hockey wrote:
> > It's not a poll in that you cannot register support for 
> scrapping the
> > subsidy. You can however email them at fueltax at racq.com.au
> 
> It was a poll last week, and 20% of the 1258 respondents registered 
> support for scrapping the subsidy:
> 
>      http://www.racq.com.au/about_us/previous_polls
> 
> Presumably based on those results, it's now a petition.
> 
> Ian
> 
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