A CO2 standard for light vehicles would be the most cost-effective way of reducing carbon dioxide emissions from vehicles in Australia. Such cap-and-trade schemes are common in major global car markets and incentivise the sale of technologies that improve fuel efficiency.
read moreResearch from the nation’s peak motoring body shows household transport costs have continued to rise, despite an already steep increase during the first three months of 2021. The typical household is now spending a record 14.9 per cent of their income on transport.
read moreAustralia’s peak motoring body says the Victorian Supreme Court has vindicated its calls for the Federal Government to improve the fuel consumption information being provided to consumers by car makers.
read moreResearch from the nation’s peak motoring body shows household transport costs rose steeply in the first three months of 2021 with the typical household now spending 14.6 per cent of budget on transport.
read moreAustralia’s peak motoring group welcomes today’s announcement that scheduled improvements to local fuel quality standards will be brought forward three years to 2024; but questions the degree to which a refinery subsidy improves fuel security.
read moreMotorists will once again pay their own way with last night’s Federal Budget confirming the government plans to raise more revenue from fuel excise than it will reinvest in roads and other land transport infrastructure during 2021/22.
read moreThe nation’s peak motoring body says tonight’s Federal Budget shows the Commonwealth has invested more in the nation’s roads than promised; and is on track to deliver a further $8.2 billion road investment in 2021/22.
read moreThis week’s Federal Budget will reveal if the federal government has finally removed the roadblocks that have for too long prevented the flow of infrastructure funds to promised transport projects across Australia.
read moreEfforts by individual state governments to set vehicle sales and emissions targets are a major concern.
read moreMotorists and the trucking industry have united in calls for the Federal Government to redraft the proposed new National Road Safety Strategy to ensure it addresses the severe lack of government accountability and that it includes clear road safety targets.
read moreThe nation’s peak motoring body welcomes the federal Opposition’s commitment to champion targeted tax breaks that can fast-track the uptake of electric vehicles in Australia.
read moreAustralian households spent 4.6% less on transport in 2020 than the previous year.
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