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Apparently the gubbermint is terrified of reminding people of covid restrictions?
It's feckless, demonising people making the individually rational choice to stockpile fuel instead of actually doing something systemic (and thereby erasing said individual incentive) is asinine. Further cutting the fuel excise is just welfare for the petro companies since the market is uncompetitive.
They won by a bloody landslide and their interpretation has been that neoliberal fiddling around the edges is called for. I mean obviously neolib parties suck but they suck so much more than even recent memory when their power was far more limited.
I wish I knew anyone here that was more left than a neolib with a bleeding heart (my wife aside). I love the land, the critters, the sand and soil etc but my god I hate the culture and politics