‘$15 pint’: biggest tax hike in 30 years paints sobering future for Australia’s beer drinkers

Australians now pay 30% more tax on beer than their fellow drinkers in the UK after the tax office raised excise by 4%. Photograph: Saeed Khan/AFP/Getty Images

Pour one out for Australia’s beer drinkers as the price of a pint at the pub surges up to $15 (£8.60/US$10.50) following the largest tax hike in more than three decades.

The Australian Tax Office announced the excise on beer would be lifted by 4% on Monday under its CPI indexation review.