$5.8 billion public schools. $7.7 billion fossil fuel subsidies. This for FFS https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/apr/26/scott-morrison-faces-pressure-to-cut-77bn-fossil-fuel-subsidies …, next tweet budget ref
Except, we're not. What's the source for this claim?https://twitter.com/samregester/status/742838891158245377 …
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Budget paper 1, Statement 5: Expenses and Net Capital Investment, Table 3.1: Top 20 programs by expenses in 2016-17
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$5.5b fuel tax (non agr), $349m stat effective life caps, $650 prospecting + exploraton dedctn, $1.2 b aviation fuel concess
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and why is "fuel tax" a subsidy
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because we spend $5.5b every year refunding -- mostly the mining industry -- for huge amounts of the diesel they use?
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@samregester because they're not using it on-road, which is the point of the excise. See the Henry review:pic.twitter.com/ezk3sHvaA7
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