Electric vehicle owners in affluent Labor and teal-held electorates stand to take the biggest financial hit if the government introduces a road-user charge after the next federal election.
Treasurer Jim Chalmers nominated establishing a road-user charge for electric vehicles as a tax reform priority during a dinner with business leaders, raising industry hopes it would be dealt with swiftly should Labor win a second term in government.
Loading...
Michael Read is the Financial Review's economics correspondent, reporting from the federal press gallery at Parliament House. He was previously an economist at the Reserve Bank of Australia and at UBS. Connect with Michael on Twitter. Email Michael at michael.read@afr.com
