Stephen Conroy (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy) Share this | Hansard source

Transport is not directly subject to a carbon price under the government's carbon pricing mechanism. They do not need to buy and surrender permits. However, some businesses get fuel tax credits, which means they pay no excise or just pay a road user charge. Fuel tax credits have been reduced for some businesses, such as mining businesses, who use fuel off-road so that they face an effective carbon price. Heavy on-road vehicles will be exempted for the first two years, as I have said, but the government does intend to bring them into the system from 2014-15.