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Follow the day’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastFinance minister says Coalition proposal to cut fuel excise during periods of high oil prices not a good ideaKaty Gallagher, the federal finance minister, said the government doesn’t think a Coalition plan to halve the fuel excise whenever oil prices skyrocket is a “good idea”, saying it is an “unfunded, uncounted promise” from Angus Taylor.Obviously, we’ve helped when the war started with some changes to the fu...

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