At the centre of any potential dialogue between Government and protestors or their representatives will surely be the Carbon Tax. Not the heftiest levy placed on, among other things, fuel, but undoubtedly the most symbolic, and the one that’s been cited most frequently on the streets since the disruption began.
The remarkable thing is that it is not going to fade into irrelevancy anytime soon. Far from it. Thanks to annual increases mandated by the Finance Act 2020, it’s a growing factor in people’s lives, affecting the cost of fuel and energy consumption to 2030 and far beyond.
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