Speaking of SA...
Electric car owners to pay road user charges in SA from 2021
Mr Lucas said while it was only a small measure on revenue, introducing a road user charge for electric vehicles was an important step in ensuring that all users made a contribution to road funding. The state wil be a pioneer in Australia.
"Someone needs to take the lead,'' Mr Lucas said. "Now's the time to bite the bullet and introduce reform.
"There's great logic to it,'' he said.
The size of the charges, to be introduced on July 1, 2021, is still to be formulated.
The budget papers show that the initial structure of the road user charge would comprise a fixed charge plus a distance travelled charge.
Victorian Budget is tonight, so i'll be interesting to see if Victoria has a similar concept.
Electric car owners to pay road user charges in SA from 2021
Mr Lucas said while it was only a small measure on revenue, introducing a road user charge for electric vehicles was an important step in ensuring that all users made a contribution to road funding. The state wil be a pioneer in Australia.
"Someone needs to take the lead,'' Mr Lucas said. "Now's the time to bite the bullet and introduce reform.
"There's great logic to it,'' he said.
The size of the charges, to be introduced on July 1, 2021, is still to be formulated.
The budget papers show that the initial structure of the road user charge would comprise a fixed charge plus a distance travelled charge.
Victorian Budget is tonight, so i'll be interesting to see if Victoria has a similar concept.