Legislative Council Fifty-Fourth Parliament, Second Session (54-2) 54 2 Parliament of South Australia Legislative Council published Question Time Electric Vehicles Electric Vehicles The Hon. R.A. SIMMS Legislative Council Electric Vehicles The Hon. R.A. SIMMS (15:12): My question is for the minister representing the Treasurer. I am not sure who that is today. The Hon. J.M.A. Lensink Legislative Council The Hon. J.M.A. Lensink: That might be me. The Hon. R.A. SIMMS Legislative Council The Hon. R.A. SIMMS: Thank you. I seek leave to make a brief explanation before addressing a question without notice on the topic of electric vehicles. Leave granted. The Hon. R.A. SIMMS Legislative Council The Hon. R.A. SIMMS: On Sunday, the New South Wales government announced it will waive stamp duty on electric vehicle purchases and provide subsidies for 2,500 new purchases as part of a $490 million strategy to drive uptake of electric vehicles. My question to the minister representing the Treasurer is: why is South Australia following the flawed Victorian approach to implementing a tax on electric vehicles when it was warned previously that doing so would discourage EV uptake in the state and increase carbon pollution? The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK Legislative Council Minister for Human Services The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK (Minister for Human Services) (15:13): I thank the honourable member for his question. I will take that on notice and seek answers from the Treasurer to bring back to this place.