🍺 THE BUDGET IS TONIGHT.

And while politicians talk — country pubs are dying.

Here are the facts they don't want you to share:

━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
🔴 84 TAX HIKES.
The beer excise has gone up 84 times since 1983.
Twice a year. Every year. Without a single vote from you.

🔴 3RD HIGHEST IN THE WORLD.
Australia is the 3rd highest taxed beer nation on the planet.
Behind only Norway and Finland.
We pay 30% MORE tax on beer than the British do.

🔴 $8 BILLION A YEAR.
That's what the government collects in beer and spirits excise every year.
Yet over a dozen outback QLD pubs are on the market right now.
Three-generation family pubs. Walking away.

🔴 DOUBLE THE TAX OF WINE.
Beer drinkers pay DOUBLE the tax per standard drink compared to wine.
EIGHT TIMES the rate of cask wine.
Same government. Different rules. Why?

🔴 48% OF INDEPENDENT BREWERIES
can't turn a profit. Not because they're badly run.
Because the tax system is stacked against them.
47 breweries closed or entered administration since January 2023.

🔴 21% OF EVERY SIX PACK IS TAX.
Before it even hits the fridge.
Before the pub adds its margin.
Before you take a sip.
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

The government froze the draught beer tax for two years.
We said thank you. Now we want MORE.

Because a two-year freeze is not a fix.
It's a bandaid on a broken system.

Country pubs are the heart of this nation.
They kept the lights on through droughts, floods, fires and a pandemic.
And the government's response is to tax them into the ground.

NOT ON OUR WATCH. 🍺

━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
✍️ SIGN THE PETITION RIGHT NOW.
Takes 30 seconds. Free. And it matters.
👉 https://c.org/kbFwTjjGWg

📢 THEN SHARE THIS POST.
Every pub lover. Every local. Every Australian who's ever had a cold one with a mate.
They need to see this TONIGHT.
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

Tag your publican. Tag your local. Tag every Australian who loves a pub. 👇🍺

#SaveOurPubs #BeerTax #StopTheTax #AustralianPubs #CountryPubs #BudgetNight #SignThePetition #OurLocalOurLife #AustraliaPubs #TakeAction