SYDNEY: Australian Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has indicated that the federal government would likely act to lower petrol prices in the upcoming federal budget, weeks out from a general election.
The government has recently come under pressure to cut fuel excise as petrol prices hit an eight-year high, while Prime Minister Scott Morrison lags in the polls in the lead up to the election, due in May.
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