CLIMATE, TRANSPORT: "ACT's Green Vehicle Duty Scheme 'a national first'"

John Stanhope MLA [ACT Government]
2 September 2008

[Australian Capital Territory] Chief Minister and Minister for the Environment and Climate Change, Jon Stanhope and Minister for Territory and Municipal Services John Hargreaves today launched the ACT Government's Green Vehicles Duty Scheme - the first of its kind in Australia.

"The ACT is the first State or Territory in Australia to charge stamp duty based on the environmental performance of new vehicles," Mr Stanhope said. "Our Green Vehicles Duty Scheme is a significant step towards reducing transport emissions in the ACT, which accounts for 25 per cent of our emissions.

"The Green Vehicles Duty Scheme is also one of the many actions to come out of the ACT Government's Climate Change Strategy, Weathering the Change...

Read the full media release here.