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Heat on drug-drive laws as study finds cannabis misuse

Reforms that would allow drivers in NSW to get behind the wheel with small amounts of cannabis in their system are facing strong criticism on safety grounds.

AAP · Jun 27

Electric is the new normal as growing secondhand EV market helps Australian car buyers shift gear

Lower-cost Chinese brands entered the market, the oil crisis pushed up petrol prices, and now a third of all car sales are EV or hybrid

The Guardian - AU · Jun 19

Tax all cars: state urged to expand road-user charge

The NSW government could avoid having its planned road-user charge struck out by courts with big changes, including taxing more drivers.

AAP · Jun 17

‘Not a fix’: the three questionable ideas politicians are pitching to solve Australia’s fuel crisis

Excise cuts, coal-to-liquid fuel and greater use of ethanol have been floated as options to combat price and supply pressures – but experts say cutting fossil fuel dependence is key

The Guardian - AU · Mar 31

EV loans double as pressured drivers dodge petrol pump

After years of government incentives to boost electric vehicle sales, a climate change sceptic's war has Aussies ditching the pump for the plug at high speed.

AAP · Mar 27

Grattan on Friday: Albanese government struggles under the ‘stress test’ posed by Middle East war

Crises “stress test” governments and countries. Memories remain vivid of COVID, which put immense pressures on the Australian economy, the federation and Commonwealth and state budgets.

The Conversation · Mar 26

'Permanent High Point': Did Fuel Stations Overcharge Australians Amid Middle East Conflict?

The NRMA has accused some fuel stations of jacking up prices during the Middle East conflict and warned that record-high fuel costs in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane may now represent a 'permanent high point'.

International Business Times UK · Mar 16

Dozens of petrol stations around Australia run out of fuel as panic-buying continues

NRMA says record-high fuel may be here to stay in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane after prices soared early in the Middle East conflict

The Guardian - AU · Mar 16

Australian Petrol Prices Set To Skyrocket After Strikes In Strait Of Hormuz

Australians are being warned to brace for higher petrol prices as attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz choke global oil supplies.

Pedestrian.tv · Mar 11

Australian petrol retailers accused of price gouging over rising fuel costs amid Iran war

Motoring groups accuse retailers of using conflict as an excuse to lift prices as Jim Chalmers asks ACCC to keep watch

The Guardian - AU · Mar 5