{"id":5606,"date":"2019-05-03T12:28:48","date_gmt":"2019-05-03T02:28:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/electricvehiclecouncil.com.au\/?p=5606"},"modified":"2024-07-08T21:03:12","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T11:03:12","slug":"angus-taylors-housing-tax-accusation-on-evs-a-laughable-lie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/electricvehiclecouncil.com.au\/news\/angus-taylors-housing-tax-accusation-on-evs-a-laughable-lie\/","title":{"rendered":"Angus Taylor\u2019s \u2019housing tax\u2019 accusation on EVs a laughable lie"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tElectric Vehicle Council CEO Behyad Jafari has described suggestions by Energy Minister Angus Taylor that Labor\u2019s EV policy would precipitate a \u2018housing tax\u2019 as \u201ctruly ludicrous.\u201d\n\nThe fresh scare campaign was reported in the Daily Telegraph this morning and focuses on Labor\u2019s commitment to \u201cwork with states to ensure new and refurbished commercial and residential \u00addevelopments include EV charging capacity.\u201d\n\nMr Jafari said the dishonest suggestion should be dropped.\n\n\u201cMr Taylor has cooked up with some truly ridiculous and dishonest scare tactics during the course of this campaign. They are tactics that should, frankly, be beneath the Energy Minister of Australia,\u201d Mr Jafari said.\n\n\u201cThis \u2018housing tax\u2019 line is a contender for the silliest scare tactic yet, perhaps even sillier than the Prime Minister predicting \u201cthe end of the weekend.\u201d\n\n\u201cMaking sure new buildings are future-proofed and able to charge vehicles efficiently is common sense given that everyone – including the Liberal Party – acknowledges that a mass transition to EVs is coming. The costs are minimal at build.\n\n\u201cBy contrast doing nothing would be the costly option, because it would ensure that people would be forced to pay more later to upgrade retrospectively.\u201d\n\nMr Jafari noted that the Liberal NSW Government had a plan, similar to Labor\u2019s, that calls for the investigation of:\n\n– Measures to make buildings \u2018EV ready\u2019 ensuring that new buildings cater for EV charging<\/em>\n– The use of National Construction Code and Wiring Rules – to provide guidance on options to retrofit charging points in existing buildings<\/em>\n– Further streamline approval processes for installing charging points to make the installation of charging points quicker and cheaper<\/em><\/i>\n\n\u201cAll around the world – from the US to the UK – policy like this is uncontroversial. Governments – progressive and conservative – are simply getting on with the obvious transition to electric vehicles,\u201d Mr Jafari said.\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s only in Australia that we see a party of government actively trying to run a scare campaign on the inevitable future.\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s a real shame and I encourage Mr Taylor to start acting more like the Energy Minister of a modern, developed economy.\u201d\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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