The price of beer is set to rise yet again, with the tax raised by the ATO.
From February 1, the price of an average schooner could be $12, with the excise increasing by 3.7 per cent.
That includes beer sold on tap at the pub and in cartons at the bottle shop.
The current taxes mean Australians pay more in beer tax than every other nation, save for Japan, Finland and Norway.
February’s rise comes six months after an even bigger jump in the tax.
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In August last year, the price of beer jumped by four per cent because of the excise alone.
The Brewers Association is now lobbying Treasurer Jim Chalmers to put a two-year freeze on tax increases.
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According to the latest data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, Australians drank 74.6 million litres of beer each year.
This puts it less than a million litres ahead of wine, the second most popular alcoholic beverage.
