Australia has many gas guzzlers on our roads, and we are well behind on uptake of electric vehicles. We are paying dearly in fuel bills. Emissions from the road transport sector have mostly been on the rise and now equal one-sixth of national greenhouse gas emissions. It’s time for comprehensive road tax reform.

The average emissions intensity of new passenger and light commercial vehicles has been stuck at a high level for years. We are behind Europe, Japan and even the US and China. The average fuel efficiency of passenger cars in Australia is similar to that in Peru, Chile and Saudi Arabia.

Read the full article on the Australian Financial Review website, authored by Assoc. Prof Paul Burke and Prof Frank Jotzo