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‘$15 pint’: biggest tax hike in 30 years paints sobering future for Australia’s beer drinkers

Pour one out for Australia’s beer drinkers as the price of a pint at the pub surges up to $15 (£8.60/US$10.50) following the largest tax hike in more than three decades.

by | Aug 1, 2022

‘$15 pint’: biggest tax hike in 30 years paints sobering future for Australia’s beer drinkers

The Australian Tax Office announced the excise on beer would be lifted by 4%, or $2.50 more a litre on Monday under its CPI indexation review.

The Brewers Association of Australia said it was the biggest increase in more than 30 years to hit a market that was already taxed more than “almost any other nation”.
Read more at The Guardian

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