To the Honourable the Speaker and Members of the House of Representatives assembled in the Parliament of Australia.

The petition of certain citizens of Australia draws to the attention of the House the extremely high price of petrol and other fuels and the increase in the amount of tax on fuel due to:

The Government's failure to keep its promise that the price of petrol and other fuels would not rise as a result of the new tax system, by reducing the excise by the full amount of the GST;

The charging of the GST on the fuel excise, making it a tax on a tax.

Your petitioners therefore ask the House to:

Rescind the indexed rise in the price of fuel, which took effect on February 2001;

Hold the Government to its promise that its policies would not increase the price of petrol and other fuel;

Support a full Senate inquiry into the taxation and pricing of petrol;

Consider the best way to return the fuel tax windfall to Australian motorists.