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Legislative Council - Fifty-Fourth Parliament, Second Session (54-2)
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Electric Vehicles

The Hon. T.T. NGO (15:08): I seek leave to make a brief explanation before asking a question of the Treasurer regarding taxes.

Leave granted.

The Hon. T.T. NGO: On 4 February 2018, The Advertiser reported, and I quote, 'The Liberals would not introduce any new taxes if it formed government.' My questions to the Treasurer are:

1. Is the new tax that the Treasurer announced yesterday a new tax?

2. Has the government broken yet another election promise on top of trams, council rates and GlobeLink?

3. How much will the fixed and variable elements of the new tax be?

The Hon. R.I. LUCAS (Treasurer) (15:09): I thank the Hon. Mr Ngo for his questions, and indeed I congratulate him on his recent successes within the party organisation—but I won't be diverted. As I have indicated earlier, this road user charge is merely replacing an existing road user charge; that is, fuel excise is being replaced by a road user charge for electric vehicles. So as a fuel excise that is currently levied on petrol vehicles, as they disappear the road user charge should replace it on electric vehicles.

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