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News
‘We’ve got to be bullish’: NSW ministers at odds over electric car tax
By Tom Rabe and Peter Hannam Senior ministers have warned that NSW should not follow other states in imposing a tax on electric cars, arguing it would discourage people from buying them just
Electric vehicle tax a ‘dangerous’ step towards more privatisation
By Sam Hibbins The state government’s decision to introduce a user charge for electric vehicles signals a dangerous step towards a privatised road user charge scheme in Victoria. A privatised scheme
Victoria’s electric vehicle tax could reduce clean car sales by 25%, researcher says
A charge on electric cars is ‘completely incongruent’ with states’ targets of reaching net zero emissions by 2050, Dr Jake Whitehead says Victoria’s planned road user tax for electric vehicles
Reports
Air Quality and urban traffic in the EU: best practices and possible solutions (Euopean Parliament)
This study, commissioned by the European Parliament’s Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs, aims at gaining deeper insights into air quality problems in cities and regions, which are
Green Industrial Policy: Concept, Policies, Country Experiences (UN Environment/DIE)
The “Green Industrial Policy: Concept, Policies, Country Experiences” report is a joint publication by UN Environment and the German Development Institute/Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE). It illustrates how green industrial
