Drivers are bracing for pain at the supermarket checkout to soon be mirrored at service station bowsers.
As global oil prices soared on the back of Russia's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, the Morrison government cut the fuel tax levy in half in May, slicing 22¢ off the cost of a litre of petrol.
Unless the Albanese government extends it, that tax holiday ends on September 28, prompting a jump of 25¢ once GST is included.
"I've got a kid to feed as well," driver Dion Karafyllas told 9News.
Parliament returns this week and the opposition will be attacking cost of living pressures and Labor's embrace of union's being allowed to strike wage deals with multiple employers.
"That will take this country back to the dark ages of the '70s and '80s," opposition workplace relations spokeswoman Michaelia Cash said.
