Alcohol Excise is about to increase the cost of your favourite spirits in February

Alcohol and cigarettes are on the rise again on February 05.

I hit the streets yesterday to ask how much tax people think the Government collect from a standard 700ml bottle of Bundaberg Rum?

Do you like the fact the Government increase alcohol and tobacco prices twice a year? Do you think the increases are helping to reduce people's habits, or are we driving some people to harsher, cheaper stimulants like illicit drugs?

For a break down of excise levies you're paying on all types of alcohol, visit https://www.ato.gov.au/…/Alcohol-…/Excise-rates-for-alcohol/

Always keen to hear what you have to say on these types of matters.