The NRMA hopes to use people power to convince the Australian government not to reintroduce the indexation of the petrol tax, according to the Western NSW director of the NRMA.
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Graham Blight said regional NSW will be one of the areas hardest hit by the petrol tax with motorists using their cars more and goods coming in and going out of the region by freight.
Planning is underway to launch the campaign, which will aim to mobilise NRMA's 2.4 million members across NSW and the ACT, before the November 10 petrol tax increase.
Elements of the campaign will include advertising across western NSW, social and traditional media and community organising to target local Members of Parliament.
The NRMA argues that $19 billion will be taken from taxpayers by the return of indexation, with $167 million of that coming this financial year and $2 billion over the next four years.
Mr Blight said a bad policy was made worse when the Australian Government decided to sneak the tax increase through the Parliament by way of a special tariff proposal. "There's a reason why the petrol tax increase didn't pass the Senate - it's a bad policy that will hurt families who are already paying well above their fair share in tax every time they fill up," Mr Blight said.
"It will particularly affect our members across western NSW - they don't have the public transport options that many in Sydney have so they need to drive longer distances and more often.
"In addition, they are already paying more for petrol because of a lack of competition in regional areas.
"The reason former Prime Minister John Howard put the cap on indexation in 2001 was because petrol doesn't just attract GST on the product - it also attracts GST on the petrol tax component as well.
"What was once a tax on a tax has now become a tax on a tax with a Canberra money grab."
Mr Blight said motorists deserve to have more of a say on the issue and he is optimistic the campaign could force the government to reconsider or at the very least ensure money is returned to motorists rather than oil companies if the regulation doesn't become legislation in 12 months time.
"The NRMA was created in 1920 as a voice to stand up for motorists. This tax is a prime example of why this work is important.
"We need to stop this tax increase, make it clear to every MP that the community is opposed to this tax hike and ensure the money raised over the next 12 months goes back to the motorists who paid it," Mr Blight said.
The NRMA will release further details about the campaign in coming days.