Motorists paying 15 times more in fuel excise than private jets, Greens say

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Australian drivers are paying 15 times more tax per litre on petrol than owners do fuelling private jets, new data has revealed.

Australian drivers are paying 15 times more tax per litre of petrol than owners of private jets do refuelling their aircraft, new data has revealed.

Currently, private jets – of which there are more than 200 in Australia – pay just 3.556 cents per litre in fuel excise.

The revelation comes as petrol prices for motorists continue to surge off the back of the war in the Middle East, with regular unleaded sitting at 225.3 cents per litre as of Monday in Sydney – though prices were tipped to decrease.

Greens leader David Shoebridge said tax paid by ordinary motorists, as a result of the arrangements, was helping “Gina Rinehart and (One Nation leader) Pauline Hanson fill up their private jets at a discount”.

“While you’re searching for a supermarket receipt to save 4 cents a litre, Labor’s using your money to give Australia’s billionaires hundreds of millions off their jet fuel bill,” Senator Shoebridge said.

“If someone’s rich enough to own a plane they don’t need help paying for the fuel. Yet again, Labor is working for the 1 per cent, not for you.”

The excise rate for aircraft is applied to specialised aviation fuel and kerosene, which fuels commercial airlines and charter planes, as well as private aircraft.

Costings by the Parliamentary Budget Office seen by NewsWire found the fiscal and underlying cash balances would increase by about $1.2bn and $1.5bn respectively over the 2026-27 budget forward estimates period if the tax rate for private jets was aligned with that of private vehicles.

In 2026-27 alone, that would generate $640m, according to the costings.

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