Provocation is the excuse of bullies, tyrants and murderous regimes.
So, when a child throws a rock at a invading tank, that's sufficient to shoot them dead?
Happens daily and Israel just justifies itself.
No ,
They have been under scrutiny because the have always bent or broke the rules even to the point of been completely illegal.
PHON doesnt believe rules apply to them nor their billonaire mates
And mining and farmers have long been given a excise free ride on diesel before any tax deductions.
Never seen a toll road in the country areas but big cities are full of them.
I say the country folk get a very fair deal.
It will only be fair if all fossil fuel tax breaks including excise exemptions on diesel are removed. The same for FBT on leases.
For decades we have propped up fossil fuels and bussiness vechicles and now EVs are popular they want to change the rules.
Yes, we should get taxes for the infrastructure, we should also be taxing the environmental harm- which is far more expensive.