Mark Coulton (Parkes, Deputy-Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister for Climate Change and Energy. Toyota's vice-president of sales, Sean Hanley, claims that Labor's proposed new family car and ute tax is too aggressive, stating:

I can tell you, from Toyota's perspective, we're not buying credits. We'll pay a fine and pass it on.

When Labor's new family car and ute tax proposes penalties of around $14,900 per Hilux, $11,000 for a RAV4 and $25,000 for a LandCruiser, how can the minister claim the prices of existing cars will not go up?

Milton Dick (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The member for Fisher will cease interjecting.

Chris Bowen (McMahon, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Climate Change and Energy) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I thank the honourable member for his question, and I can tell him that, because his constituents drive long distances, they have a lot to gain from more fuel efficiency in the fleet. A constituent of his in Broken Hill, for example, would save $1,080 a year, if they buy a new car in 2028, as a result of this government's policies.

Opposition Members:

Opposition members interjecting—

Milton Dick (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Order, members on my left! The member for Hume will cease interjecting.

Chris Bowen (McMahon, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Climate Change and Energy) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

You know, they are really sending a memo to the Australian people, aren't they? They did not hear the lessons of 2022. The only thing missing from the honourable member's question was an assertion that they don't tow your boat, they won't tow a caravan and they'll end the weekend. He missed a bit out of the question. That's the mindset of those opposite. The member for Cook has left the building, but he's left a policy manual for those opposite.

The fact of the matter is that we have catching up to do with the rest of the world. Motorists in the United States, in New Zealand, in Canada, in India, in China and in Saudi Arabia have the benefit of new vehicle efficiency standards. Because of 10 years of denial, delay and inaction, Australians don't. Those opposite know we should. The member for Bradfield knows it. He was a very fervent advocate for them, and he pointed out on multiple occasions that in no country in the world has there been an upward impact on any particular model. He was right then and he's wrong now.