Road user charges

The Road User Charge (RUC) applies to each litre of fuel, such as diesel, used by heavy vehicles such as buses, coaches and trucks on public roads. 

The RUC rate was 32.4 cents per litre before temporary fuel relief measures commenced on 1 April 2026. The RUC is set out in the Fuel Tax Act 2006.

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From 1 July to 2 August 2026, the Australian Government has temporarily reduced the RUC by 16 cents per litre. The RUC applying during this period is 16.4 cents per litre for liquid fuels.

This follows the temporary reduction of the RUC from 32.4 cents per litre to zero between 1 April and 30 June 2026.

Further information on fuel price relief measures, including the return of RUC to ‘pre-conflict’ rates from 3 August is available in this Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts fact sheet