Labor proposing car emissions standards. BOConnorMP: We have to catch up with the rest of the world, this is a reasonable target. We are not forcing people to give up their own vehicle, just providing that choice which is lacking now. MORE: amagenda
FULL INTERVIEW: Liberal MP Craig Kelly has labelled the Opposition's electric vehicle policy 'complete and utter madness', arguing that it will 'cost the economy billions'. Labor has said if its elected, it will aim to have electric vehicles make up 50 per cent of new car sales by 2030.
Mr Kelly says there is 'no place less suitable' for electric cars than Australia when the nation's energy grids are coal-fired and 'will be for years to come'. Electric vehicles in Australia, Mr Kelly says, would be essentially charged on coal-fired power and would ultimately 'increase CO2 emissions', which Labor also plans to reduce by 45 per cent.
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