via baswell ;
I am well aware, just as I am sure you are aware that this earmarking of funds for road maintenance has not been the case since 1959, a whole two years after the introduction of diesel excise. Now, 53 years later... those poor miners still need a rebate. And the farmers wouldn't need it either if the ACCC had the guts to take on the Coles/Woolies cartel.
And I don't use my airplane on the road either.
In plain speaking words
baswell, you want a whole new tax where there aint been one before..
some history -
Fuel Tax Inquiry - Background Papers - History of Fuel Taxation in Australia
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