Those distant shores include New South Wales, where political disunity over GST reform has added an extra 10 cents per litre to fuel prices for Sydney drivers. The NSW premier declared that energy independence was now “essential” for the state. Sydneysiders, meanwhile, are voting with their feet — literally opting to cycle or walk rather than fill up their tanks.
The squeeze is real enough that federal Opposition Leader Angus Taylor planned a press conference on fuel prices last Friday — only to discover his own car’s wheels had been stolen, leaving him scrambling for a ride in what became an inadvertent parable for the country’s transport woes.
