CANBERRA, ACT, April 7 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release:
ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: I would like to recognise the efforts of Australians over the Easter long weekend to conserve fuel and to get on with life. We saw very few cancellations. That was a good thing. I said last Wednesday night, and then Thursday at the National Press Club, that I wanted people to have a good Easter. And I hope people did, including people here. And for people of faith, I hope that they had a holy Easter as well. It's an important time for Christians on the calendar.
We have seen prices reduce across most capital cities as our excise cut flows through to bowsers. Not just ours, but in addition to that, of course, the ...