Teal MPs call for national road-user charges after high court shuts down Victoria’s EV tax
by Paul Karp Chief political correspondent from Environment | The Guardian on (#6FPT1)
We need ... to maintain our roads in a way that's fair, and aimed at helping, not hindering, electrification of transport', says Monique Ryan
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Teal independent MPs have welcomed the high court's decision to strike down Victoria's electric vehicle tax, urging the federal government to instead legislate national road-user charges.
Zoe Daniel, Allegra Spender, Monique Ryan and Kylea Tink have all called for road use charges to apply fairly to all vehicles, with a nationally consistent scheme that does not target EVs.
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