Katy Gallagher (ACT, Australian Labor Party, Minister for the Public Service) Share this | Hansard source

The bill itself doesn't do this, but since coming to government we have doubled the Commonwealth's investment in electric vehicle charging and refuelling infrastructure and fleets, and the new Driving the Nation Fund will provide $275.4 million over six years from 2022-23 to help meet some of these costs. The fund will support electric vehicle chargers across Australia. It will also support electric fleets and vehicle-to-grid technology. Initial investments under the fund will be $39.8 million over four years for a national EV charging network to be delivered by the NRMA, and $89.5 million over four years for a national expansion of hydrogen highways. The remainder of the fund will be delivered by ARENA, but initial investments are expected to target charging infrastructure for regional and remote areas and household managed charging.