The Great Beer Tax Scam: The Freeze Changes Nothing—You’re Still Paying You’ve probably been told, over and over, that it was created to curb alcohol abuse, to reduce violence, to make Australians healthier. That’s what the government says every time they raise it. It’s all for your own good, right? Wrong. Because here’s the truth: the beer tax was never about public health. Not once. Not for a single day. It was always about money—your money—being funneled straight into government coffers. Let’s take a quick history lesson. The first alcohol taxes in Australia weren’t some noble effort to save lives. No, they were...