The Australien and Victorien Governments have made an ad about their Electric Vehicle policies, and it& #39;s surprisingly honest and informative!

Tell the Victorian Parliament to stop the EV tax:
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Hi friends, here’s our latest Honest Government Ad about our Goverment’s EV “policy” aka “The Future Fuels Strategy”, aka FFS. And no that’s not satire, it’s what they really called it
 presumably in an attempt to put satirists out of work https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="đŸ˜€" title="Triumphierendes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Triumphierendes Gesicht">
Victoria will be voting on the EV tax in early May so if you want to let them know how you feel about it, the folks at @TheAusInstitute have put together a petition which they’ll hand deliver to crossbench MPs ahead of the vote.

Please add your name!
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And yess taxes are good! We’ve never made a video attacking taxation per se. In fact, an EV Road User Charge is a good idea – once EVs are more mainstream. But not when only 0.7% of new car sales in https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇩đŸ‡ș" title="Flagge von Australien" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge von Australien"> are EVs (far behind the 4.2% global average). The timing of this tax is bsaf
As Richard Denniss @RDNS_TAI says: “We tax things we want to discourage (eg. tobacco), not things we want to encourage. And as ppl stop smoking we don& #39;t worry abt the impact on the health budget: we say ‘Ah that’s working well’. The same is true for cars” https://twitter.com/TheAusInstitute/status/1354991575177158659?s=20">https://twitter.com/TheAusIns...
This isn& #39;t about being "anti-tax". That& #39;s a cynical frame to use. Just stop to think how crazy its is that even Scandinavian countries, famous for high taxation, are exempting EVs from taxes and other fees as a means of encouraging EV uptake. https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/02/electric-vehicles-europe-percentage-sales/">https://www.weforum.org/agenda/20...
Audrey Quicke’s submission to the Govt’s FFS policy is a must read and has all the info you need - I used a lot of the figures from this report - seriously read it: https://australiainstitute.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/The-Australia-Institute-FFDP-Submission.pdf">https://australiainstitute.org.au/wp-conten...
Behyad Jafari @BJafari CEO of @EVCouncil the national body representing the EV industry in Australia is popping up everywhere talking about the EV tax and informing people, like this:
https://electricvehiclecouncil.com.au/new-electric-car-sales-figures-show-australia-stalled-with-hazards-flashing/">https://electricvehiclecouncil.com.au/new-elect...
And finally here’s the Govt’s FFS policy “talking paper” for those who want to read it. https://consult.industry.gov.au/climate-change/future-fuels-strategy/supporting_documents/Future%20Fuels%20Strategy%20%20Discussion%20Paper.pdf">https://consult.industry.gov.au/climate-c...
But hey that’s exactly where the Juice Media Podcast comes in handy as a companion to the video, allowing us to discuss the topic in more detail - and I& #39;m stoked that @KetanJ0 will be my guest for this one! So stay tuned: the podcast will be out next week! https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-juice-media-podcast/id1469018080">https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcas...
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