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Government assumes 90% of Australia’s new car sales will be electric by 2050. But its a destination without a route

  • Written by: John Quiggin, Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland
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The response to Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s announcement of an electric vehicle policy has focused on its inconsistency with his derisive statements in 2019 that the technology would “end the weekend”.

What’s more important, however, is whether the policy is consistent with the government’s belated commitment...

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