A future road user charge? Treasurer seems to leave door open to possibility
Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ answer to AFR’s Phil Coorey at the National Press Club leaves the door open to road user charging.
Coorey asked whether the government is considering implementing road user charging for electric cars, “or are you worried about it being seen as a tax on motorists and you’re prepared to cop a hole in the budget and find the money elsewhere?”
Chalmers’ response:
I think in the next few…