Productivity summit ends with treasurer signalling tax reforms

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• badcommandorfilename@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Perhaps the most significant shift was broad agreement on a future road user charge — a reform long seen as inevitable as fuel excise revenue shrinks with the uptake of electric and more efficient vehicles.

  So… The productivity commission has broadly agreed to increase the tax on more efficient electric vehicles.

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  • MisterFrog@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Not raise, but bring up to levels road users were previously paying.

    Road maintenance doesn’t stop being required just because you’ve stopped burning oil.

    Road users should pay to use the road.

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  • Longmactoppedup@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    It works even better when truncated.

    The productivity commission has broadly agreed to increase the tax

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    • badcommandorfilename@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      I’m fine with the productivity commission suggesting taxes on unproductive or inefficient things.

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  • DavidDoesLemmy@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Does it say it won’t be applied to ICE vehicles too?

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• No1@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  This Productivity Summit is such a stitch up to increase the taxes on those that can least afford it.

  Specifically by raising GST.

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