Greens finally give ground on fuel excise

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By Leith van Onselen

New Greens leader, Richard Di Natale, has confirmed that the Greens are negotiating with the Abbott Government to re-introduce the indexing of excise on petrol. From The AFR:

The Victorian Senator, whose party wields the balance of power in the Senate, first met Mr Abbott during budget week and said “we’ve discussed a range of options”.

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Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.