Most consumers better off after carbon tax scrapped – with one possible exception

By Peter Hannam
Updated July 29 2015 - 12:49pm, first published July 28 2015 - 6:12pm
Electricity and gas suppliers were found to have passed on the carbon price savings. Photo: Michael Howard
Electricity and gas suppliers were found to have passed on the carbon price savings. Photo: Michael Howard
Qantas and Virgin were not found to have breached carbon price cut rules.
Qantas and Virgin were not found to have breached carbon price cut rules.

Households are roughly $550 a year better off since the scrapping of the carbon tax, but air travellers may wonder if they are being overcharged by "extremely suspicious" behaviour, the head of the competition watchdog said.

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