Calls to impose severe penalties on Australians who buy petrol or diesel cars
Calls to impose severe penalties on Australians who buy petrol or diesel cars
Australians could be slapped with a $4,000 penalty for buying a four-wheel drive as a billionaire calls for a dramatic surge in electric vehicles to tackle climate change.
Griffith University tax law expert Dr Anna Mortimore has suggested Australia will have to copy New Zealand and impose severe penalties on those who bought a new petrol-powered car if it wanted to boost EV uptake to Kiwi levels.
Software billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes wants Australia's EV to hit 10 per cent by 2024 - a five-fold increase on…
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