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Parliamentary Questions


Question Without Notice No. 1282 asked in the Legislative Council on 11 November 2020 by Hon Tim Clifford

Parliament: 40 Session: 1

ELECTRIC VEHICLES — ROAD USER CHARGES

1282. Hon TIM CLIFFORD to the minister representing the Minister for Innovation and ICT:

I note the recent budget announcement by the South Australian Treasurer to disincentivise electric vehicle uptake by imposing a road user charge on electric vehicle owners in 2021.

(1) Given this government's professed commitment to addressing the climate crisis, will the McGowan government assure current and future electric vehicle owners that it will not penalise them for owning clean vehicles by imposing similar road user charges?

(2) Can the minister please indicate when the state electric vehicle strategy will be released?

Hon ALANNAH MacTIERNAN replied:

I thank the member for that question. The information has been provided to me by the Minister for Innovation and ICT. I also acknowledge that the Minister for Environment is also involved in the development of our electric vehicle strategy. The material that I have been provided is as follows.

(1) The state government has made no decision to introduce road user charges for electric vehicles. Any changes of policy around fuel tax revenue is an issue for the federal government.

(2) The state electric vehicle strategy will be released in due course.