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Zac de Silva and Grace Crivellaro

Embattled motorists win bowser relief as taxes slashed

Australian drivers have been facing surging prices of fuel - if the bowsers haven't already run dry. (Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS)

Australians under the pump from sky-high fuel prices will get some financial relief after the federal government succumbed to pressure to halve the tax on petrol and diesel.

The decision to cut the fuel excise from the start of April will save motorists about $19 on a 65-litre tank, or 26.3 cents a litre, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said after a meeting of national cabinet on Monday.

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