The victim described Jordan Tegus as ‘an evil, rotten person, without a heart and soul’.

The move is expected to reduce the price of fuel for Australians by 26.3 cents a litre.

Pro-cash advocates are calling on the federal government to expand the cash mandate to big businesses including Bunnings, McDonald's and Kmart to protect its future.

Under new cash rules, most retailers that sell fuel and groceries must accept cash payments for in-person purchases of $500 or less between the hours of 7am and 9pm.

However cash supporters, including Cash Welcome founder Jason Bryce, want to see more businesses included in the mandate to guarantee the future of cash for those who rely on it.

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Small businesses with an annual turnover below $10 million are exempt from the new cash mandate, unless they share a trademark with a larger retailer.

In Australia, there were previously no laws to stop businesses from refusing to accept cash.

According to the Reserve Bank of Australia, businesses have been able to choose whether to accept cash or card payments, or both.

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The cash mandate will be reviewed by the government after three years to ensure it is functioning as intended.

Bryce told supporters of Cash Welcome today the mandate could easily apply to all large retailers "at the very least".

"Ideally we want all retailers to be accepting cash," he said in his latest newsletter.

"The costs of distributing cash needs to be shared by the big merchants so banks, consumers and small business don't end up paying all the costs.

"The best thing that could happen for small businesses who like to accept cash is that big businesses all support the cash system.

"Big business, utilities and government agencies have escaped from this proposed cash mandate scot-free with no obligation to accept cash and support the cash system.

"Large brands like Bunnings, McDonalds, KFC, Kmart, Big W, AGL, Tyrepower, Telstra, Optus need to be captured by this cash mandate."

One Nation senator Malcolm Roberts has launched a motion to overturn the new cash rules, claiming the laws are a "back-handed" attempt to phase out the use of cash.

The sentate is set to vote on the motion tomorrow.

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New polling has revealed who Australians are blaming for the fuel crisis.

The The Australian Financial Review/Redbridge Group/Accent Research poll shows the vast majority of respondents blame US President Donald Trump for the surge in fuel prices. 

Overall, 61 per cent of those surveyed put the blame at Trump's door and just 14 per cent blamed the government.

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The view was overwhelming amongst almost every subset of Australian voters, with only One Nation supporters prepared to cut Trump some slack, with 39 per cent blaming him and 38 per cent Labor.

Labor's primary vote held steady at 32 per cent but it was more bad news for the Coalition, which slid another two percentage points to 17.

One Nation's vote grew again among those polled, to 29 per cent.

Opposition industry and sovereign capability spokesperson Andrew Hastie, who was widely tipped to take a run at the Liberal leadership before stepping aside for Angus Taylor, addressed both One Nation and Donald Trump head-on on Sunday.

"I think this was a huge miscalculation – Iran has managed to pretty much hold the whole world's economy to ransom," he told Insiders about the war in Iran.

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On One Nation, he said voters were experiencing a lot of economic pain, arguing "no one's going to reward us for a final last stand for neoliberal politics.

"I just think we need to overhaul the whole system. We either fix the system, or it's torn down by people like Pauline Hanson," Hastie said.

Senator Pauline Hanson's party's growing support meant a change for the two-party-preferred vote, with Labor compared to One Nation instead of the Coalition in the Redbridge poll.

Labor's lead remained solid at 53 per cent to 47 per cent for One Nation.

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Parliament will sit again this week before a long break until the budget.

The government is still finalising its financial plan but, in the short term, national cabinet meets tomorrow prioritising a national approach to what comes next with fuel.

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Emergency services were called to the crash about 5.40pm.

Police are still searching for a car and driver involved in a hit-and-run that has left a Melbourne father with serious head injuries in hospital.

In CCTV footage seen by 9News, the father and some friends were standing on the road near a car on Westphalian Rise in Clyde North about 1am today, when the occupants of a dark-coloured hatchback or SUV hurled abuse as they drove past.

The car did an abrupt U-turn before driving straight towards the men, collecting the 29-year-old father-of-four.

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Neighbours rushed to help him as he lay unconscious on the road, while the car and its occupants sped off.

The man was taken to Alfred Hospital, where he had emergency surgery to his head.

He remains in intensive care in a serious but stable condition.

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According to the victim's family, the man had just returned home from celebrating his father's engagement.

The car involved and the people inside haven't been found.

It is not clear if the two parties were known to each other.

Neighbours said they were shocked by the incident, and were appalled the man was left seriously injured on the road.

"That's really bad behaviour," neighbour Kamal said.

"Even [if it's] accidentally happened, they stop and help, that's the Australian culture."

"I feel not safe anymore."

A crime scene has been established, and police are urging anyone with information or footage of the incident to contact Crime Stoppers.

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