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'A joke': Fortescue founder takes on diesel tax credit

Fortescue boss Andrew Forrest wants the federal government to wind back fuel credits for miners. (Bianca De Marchi/AAP PHOTOS)

More Australian miners would be reducing diesel dependency and the budget would be in better shape to support households if the Commonwealth cut back fuel credits, Fortescue chair and found Andrew Forrest says.

Injecting fresh energy into a pre-budget campaign to deliver a less-generous fuel rebate scheme, Dr Forrest called it a "long-running joke" preventing the broader mining industry from embracing electrification and clean energy.

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