19 June

Fossil fuel rebates for vehicles cost taxpayers more than $10 billion per year. They're the third largest growth item in the federal budget, after aged care and the NDIS. For comparison, anti-EV folk often say EVs are 'subsidised'. Tax concessions for EVs are only 5% of the size of tax concessions for fossil fuels. This also excludes that fossil fuel vehicles have been polluting the air for free, for over 100 years. No other business is allowed to pollute, especially for free. If they had to pay the costs of that, the average petrol or diesel vehicle would be 2 or 3 times the cost they are now.