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The embarrassingly easy, tax-free way for Australia to cut the cost of electric cars

  • Written by Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
The embarrassingly easy, tax-free way for Australia to cut the cost of electric carsSTRMX/AP

Prime Minister Scott Morrison says he wants to keep prices down.

Without his party in power, “you’re going to see petrol prices go up, you’re going to see electricity prices go up”.

There’s something practical he can do straight away to stop prices from rising.

Apart from a home, a car is the most important...

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