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22 August 2025

Australia’s two-speed alcohol tax: draught beer frozen, spirits hit

Australia | A two-speed booze tax kicked in on 4 August: beer taxes are frozen while spirits are hit by the twice-a-year price hike. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, in February, had made a two-year beer tax freeze an election promise and has paused the twice-yearly tax increases on draught beer until August 2027.

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