The plan for cheaper fuel + finding Dezi Freeman
The soaring price of petrol is up-ending young Austalians' lives, many cancelling plans and, as we hear today, even quitting their jobs. Fuel should drop by 26.3 cents a litre after the government halved the fuel excise but will that provide the relief people need? And 7 months after killing 2 polices officers and vanishing into bushland, Dezi Freeman has been shot and killed in a stand off with police in north-east Victoria. Where has he been and how did police find him? Listen now: 01:00 - What is the government doing about petrol prices? 17:00 - How Dezi Freeman was found and killed Guests: Tim Wilson, Shadow Treasurer Dr Vince Hurley, former police officer and criminologist, Macquarie University Get the whole story from hack: Follow us on Instagram and TikTok Subscribe to the hack podcast Listen on the triple j app or on your radio live every weeknight at 5:30pm
An episode of the Hack podcast, hosted by Australian Broadcasting Corporation, titled "The plan for cheaper fuel + finding Dezi Freeman" was published on March 30, 2026 and runs 31 minutes.
March 30, 2026 ·31m · Hack
Summary
The soaring price of petrol is up-ending young Austalians' lives, many cancelling plans and, as we hear today, even quitting their jobs. Fuel should drop by 26.3 cents a litre after the government halved the fuel excise but will that provide the relief people need? And 7 months after killing 2 polices officers and vanishing into bushland, Dezi Freeman has been shot and killed in a stand off with police in north-east Victoria. Where has he been and how did police find him? Listen now: 01:00 - What is the government doing about petrol prices? 17:00 - How Dezi Freeman was found and killed Guests: Tim Wilson, Shadow Treasurer Dr Vince Hurley, former police officer and criminologist, Macquarie University Get the whole story from hack: Follow us on Instagram and TikTok Subscribe to the hack podcast Listen on the triple j app or on your radio live every weeknight at 5:30pm
Episode Description
The soaring price of petrol is up-ending young Austalians' lives, many cancelling plans and, as we hear today, even quitting their jobs. Fuel should drop by 26.3 cents a litre after the government halved the fuel excise but will that provide the relief people need?
And 7 months after killing 2 polices officers and vanishing into bushland, Dezi Freeman has been shot and killed in a stand off with police in north-east Victoria. Where has he been and how did police find him?
Listen now:
01:00 - What is the government doing about petrol prices?
17:00 - How Dezi Freeman was found and killed
Guests:
- Tim Wilson, Shadow Treasurer
- Dr Vince Hurley, former police officer and criminologist, Macquarie University
Get the whole story from hack:
- Follow us on Instagram and TikTok
- Subscribe to the hack podcast
- Listen on the triple j app or on your radio live every weeknight at 5:30pm
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