Small number of Australian petrol stations investigated for not passing on fuel excise price cut

The ACCC is investigating a ‘very small number of locations’ where the government’s 50% fuel excise cut may not have been passed on to consumers at petrol pumps. Photograph: Ian Waldie/Getty Images

A small number of petrol retailers are being investigated by the consumer watchdog for not passing on a 20-cent cut to fuel excise, despite the tax cut being passed on to motorists in the “vast majority of locations”.

With petrol prices topping $2 a litre in most capital cities, the government has left open the possibility of extending the 50% excise cut beyond its 28 September expiry date, despite the treasurer, Jim Chalmers, saying it will “probably” end as planned.