Australia’s peak motoring group has urged whoever wins the federal election to take ownership of the implementation of a road-user charge for electric and hybrid vehicles, warning that the longer the Commonwealth dithers, the more difficult the politics will become.

In its federal budget submission for 2025, the Australian Automobile Association urges the Commonwealth to adopt NSW’s policy of a 2.5 cents-per-kilometre charge for EVs and 80 per cent of that for hybrids.