High Court rules against Victoria's electric vehicle tax

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Australian motorists cannot lawfully be taxed by states for driving electric and hybrid vehicles.

Motorists are required to submit photographs of their vehicle odometer to the state government each year and, if they fail to, can be charged for driving 13,500km or have their registration suspended or cancelled.

"Now is not the time to be taxing electric vehicles - it's the time to be doing everything we can to encourage people to make the switch to cleaner cars."Equity Generation Lawyers senior associate David Hertzberg said it was a "landmark constitutional decision".

 

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