SYDNEY: Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on March 1 that his government would temporarily halt tax hikes on draught beer, amid sagging popularity for the governing Labour Party ahead of a general election due by May.
Australia is one of the world’s wealthiest countries per capita and one of its highest-spending on alcohol per capita. Its centre-left government, lagging the main conservative political opposition in recent polling, levies inflation-indexed tax hikes on alcohol producers twice a year.
