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Victoria’s proposed electric car road usage tax gets mixed reactions – ABC News
The Victorian Greens says a plan to tax electric vehicle owners a road usage fee is a “lazy” alternative to wider reform, but a think tank says it is essential…
The Victorian Government’s plans to tax electric vehicle owners a road usage fee could discourage people from taking up the new technology, an industry group says.
Key points:
- The Victorian Treasurer says the charge will help create a fairer system for taxing road users
- It is expected to raise about $30 million per year and will be introduced in July 2021
- But the Greens and an industry group say it will harm electric vehicle uptake and put Australia behind other developed countries
The new tax was…
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