Young families are bearing the brunt of the fuel crisis and are being forced to make lifestyle and budget changes, according to fresh polling.<\/p>\n
The Sky News Pulse \/ YouGov poll showed 57 per cent of parents with kids under the age of 18 are making changes in the face of the fuel crisis.<\/p>\n
Just 37 per cent of parents of adult children have been forced to make a change, while 47 per cent of adults who are not a parent or guardian are taking action.<\/p>\n
Fuel prices jumping since Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz have pushed Australians to alternative travel methods or to change existing plans.<\/p>\n
It comes as Australians in the regions are left with little options in the face of the fuel crisis.<\/p>\n
The poll showed 63 per cent of rural Australians have not made any changes in the face of the fuel crisis.<\/p>\n
However, their options are limited.<\/p>\n
Catching public transport is very difficult for most in the regions, while electric vehicles are expensive and working from home is not possible for all industries.<\/p>\n
Price pressures from the soaring cost of diesel, which has grown by more than 110 cents per litre on average in NSW, have crippled farmers and essential sectors.<\/p>\n
About 23 per cent of Australians are taking more public transport and 20 per cent are cancelling or changing holiday plans, the poll revealed.<\/p>\n
At least 10 per cent of respondents said they were working from home more.<\/p>\n
Another 10 per cent said they had bought an electric vehicle, were considering purchasing one or were in the process of buying.<\/p>\n
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese attempted to calm struggling Australians when he addressed the nation last week.<\/p>\n
He urged Australians to catch public transport where possible and lauded the government halving the fuel excise and scrapping heavy vehicle charges for three months.<\/p>\n
Leading energy expert Saul Kavonic warned the Prime Minister was \u201csetting the scene for Australians to prepare for deprivations\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe only reason to put out a banal statement like that calling for Australians to come together and not panic is because the alarm bells are going off behind the scenes, and they know a crunch is coming,\u201d Mr Kavonic told SkyNews.com.au.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the fuel price crunch has impacted different generations in varying ways.<\/p>\n
The poll found younger generations were likely to catch more public transport or look to electric vehicles in response to the fuel crisis.<\/p>\n
More than 50 per cent of 18\u201324-year-olds said they were taking more public transport while 18 per cent of adults under 35 were mulling or had purchased an electric vehicle.<\/p>\n
However, Australians 65 and older were making the smallest amount of lifestyle changes due to the oil crisis.<\/p>\n
The generational divide corresponded with the main voting demographics of each party.<\/p>\n
About 43 per cent of Greens voters said they were catching more public transport while 14 per cent said they were looking to an electric vehicle.<\/p>\n
One Nation voters were generally not considering an EV.<\/p>\n
Just 17 per cent of One Nation supporters said they were opting for more public transport.<\/p>\n
This compared to 28 per cent of independents, 25 per cent of Labor voters and 20 per cent of Coalition supporters.<\/p>\n
High fuel prices have also pushed more pensioners to public transport while 27 per cent of those in a household with an income between $100k-$150k were hopping on trains and buses.<\/p>\n
Many well-off Australians were tapping their public transport cards more often and looking to EVs.<\/p>\n
However, working-class voters were most likely to axe holiday plans.<\/p>\n
Consumer changes in the face of higher fuel prices come as inflation is expected to soar upwards of six per cent this year.<\/p>\n
This will push price rises well above the Reserve Bank of Australia\u2019s 2-3 per cent target band and may heap further pressure on households via interest rate rises.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Young families are bearing the brunt of the fuel crisis and are being forced to make lifestyle and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":592285,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[2324,64,63,99,164,98767,130870,267069,26473,74732,240380,4265],"class_list":{"0":"post-592284","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-economy","8":"tag-anthony-albanese","9":"tag-au","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-business","12":"tag-economy","13":"tag-fuel-crisis","14":"tag-fuel-prices","15":"tag-oil-crisis","16":"tag-oil-prices","17":"tag-prime-minister-anthony-albanese","18":"tag-sky-news-pulse","19":"tag-yougov"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/592284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=592284"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/592284\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/592285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=592284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=592284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=592284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}