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Peter Dutton spruiking his fuel excise policy on Thursday.

‘Copied from America’: Dutton launches election fight over EVs

The opposition leader has been accused of copying Donald Trump’s policies as the government responds to his pledge to scrap fuel-efficiency fines.

  • Mike Foley

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Is this election a mug’s game?

Because the prospects of one poster boy are going south.

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Good diplomacy, or just papering over the cracks?

While in Dubbo, the uke prevails over the ute.

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Smithy was the reel thing

On a wing and a prayer at Bondi Beach.

Luxury cars, cigarettes and beer purchases are helping to prop up the budget.

Sin taxes prop up the budget, but the most important one is fading

From fuel to fancy cars and a cold one at the pub, there are some vices – and necessities – that are carrying an extra cost.

  • Millie Muroi
An artist’s impression of how the area around the SRL’s Clayton station might look.

Fewer car parks, more fees: The Melbourne suburbs facing a ‘car lite’ overhaul

Strict parking space limits could be imposed on suburbs with SRL stations, including Cheltenham, Clayton, Box Hill, Monash, Glen Waverley and Burwood.

  • Daniella White
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A composite conundrum for the Old Continent

And an international roast for coffee snobs.

Three large utes pack into spaces in a city carpark on Thursday.

Mega-car in a mini space: How SUVs are reshaping Australian car parks

A proposal to lengthen parking bays to accommodate enormous vehicles has attracted more than 1200 submissions.

  • Madeleine Heffernan
Andrea Cook in her carpark that she no longer needs since she decided to live without a car.

A tortuous path: The push to get Melburnians to ditch their cars

For all the ambitions of policymakers to shift the state’s deeply ingrained driving culture, data suggests Victorians are not ready to let go of their steering wheels.

  • Daniella White and Sophie Aubrey
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Motorists are being screwed

As tyre sales go through the roof.

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