[Greens-Media] Bracks Tax Cuts for Gas Guzzlers

[Freja.Leonard at parliament.vic.gov.au]

27 April 2007

Bracks Tax Cuts for Gas Guzzlers

Stamp duty tax cuts for cars at the large end of the market will be a 
disaster for the environment, say the Greens.

Greens MLC Greg Barber said, "It's a $1200 tax cut if you buy a gas 
guzzler, nothing if you buy a small car."

"If the government has a spare couple of hundred million, it should think 
about freezing public transport fares, which have grown twice as fast 
under this government as the total cost of running a car," Mr Barber said.

"These large cars would probably put an additional three quarters of a 
tonne of CO2 into the air each year, compared to an average car," Mr 
Barber said.

"The average passenger car uses about 11 litres of fuel every 100 
kilometres.  Small cars and hybrids use half that. But small cars don't 
benefit from these changes to the stamp duty tax rates as they are already 
cheaper than the lowest tax threshold," Mr Barber said.

For further comment please contact Greg Barber 0433 044 771

Freja Leonard
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The Office of Greg Barber MP

Suite G-01/60 Leicester Street
Carlton  VIC  3053
P:  03 9348 2622
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Greg Barber MLC
State Member of Parliament for Northern Metropolitan Region
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Release Date:	Friday 27 April 2007

Bracks Tax Cuts for Gas Guzzlers

Stamp duty tax cuts for cars at the large end of the market will be a disaster for the environment, say the Greens.

Greens MLC Greg Barber said, "It's a $1200 tax cut if you buy a gas guzzler, nothing if you buy a small car."

"If the government has a spare couple of hundred million, it should think about freezing public transport fares, which have grown twice as fast under this government as the total cost of running a car," Mr Barber said.

"These large cars would probably put an additional three quarters of a tonne of CO2 into the air each year, compared to an average car," Mr Barber said.

"The average passenger car uses about 11 litres of fuel every 100 kilometres.  Small cars and hybrids use half that. But small cars don't benefit from these changes to the stamp duty tax rates as they are already cheaper than the lowest tax threshold," Mr Barber said.





For further comment please contact Greg Barber 0433 044 771