The ACT government's announcement that the sale of new petrol cars will be banned in the territory in 2035 is causing affordability concerns for Canberrans on lower incomes.
Single Canberra mother of three Margaret Limn recently had to drop clients from her small cleaning business in order to spend more time looking after her family.
"My two teenage boys are growing all the time so they take it in turns to see who needs shoes or clothes or things like that," she says.Margaret says her kids know things are tight and sometimes volunteer to go without something new. "I do all the small things that — I can recycle and repurpose stuff as much as possible, and I try to find budget-friendly ways [to] help the environment," she says.'Feels like they are trying to edge the poorer people out of town'
2022-2030 Zero Emissions Vehicles Strategy also includes a "long-term" plan to overhaul how Canberrans will pay their car registration"It's going to make it really hard for people who can't afford an electric car, and it sounds like because of that reason they are going to be penalised for it," she says.
ACOSS acting chief executive Edwina MacDonald says people on lower incomes could be penalised by charging registration based on emissions.
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