{"id":2312,"date":"2019-04-15T15:05:58","date_gmt":"2019-04-15T15:05:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=2312"},"modified":"2019-04-15T15:05:58","modified_gmt":"2019-04-15T15:05:58","slug":"labors-emissions-standard-hits-families-and-tradies-but-billionaires-get-free-ride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2019\/04\/15\/labors-emissions-standard-hits-families-and-tradies-but-billionaires-get-free-ride\/","title":{"rendered":"Labor\u2019s emissions standard hits families and tradies but billionaires get free ride"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Labor and Bill Shorten should explain why high emitting luxury and exotic cars favoured by billionaires will be spared from their planned vehicle emissions standard, while Australian families and tradies would be slugged up to $5,000 more for an SUV or ute.<br \/>\nIf Australians don\u2019t understand Labor\u2019s vehicle emissions standard, they shouldn\u2019t vote for it.<br \/>\nLabor\u2019s new car tax will force Australian families and tradies to pay up to $5,000 more for the new family SUV and work ute, but would give those who can afford high-end sports cars and ultra-luxury vehicles a break.<br \/>\nLabor and Bill Shorten snuck their vehicle emissions proposal out under the cover of the Budget and ever since they have been running a mile from scrutiny.<br \/>\nIt won\u2019t stop Australians learning the truth about Labor\u2019s new car tax and it\u2019s a truth getting uglier by the day.<br \/>\nSo far Australians have learnt Labor\u2019s vehicle emissions standard will:<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Increase the cost of a new car by almost $5,000 (Daily Telegraph, 9\/04\/2019).<\/li>\n<li>Cost state police forces tens of millions of dollars to comply (Herald Sun, 11\/05\/2019).<\/li>\n<li>Hit Australians on the lowest incomes in regional areas the worst (Courier Mail, 13\/04\/19).<\/li>\n<li>Give a free ride to millionaires and billionaires with the highest emitting cars (Daily Telegraph, 15\/04\/2019).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nLabor\u2019s new car tax is yet another product of their reckless emissions reduction target that will drive up prices, slash wages and cost jobs.<br \/>\nSome cars exempt under Labor\u2019s chosen model include:<br \/>\n<strong>Lamborghini Aventador S<\/strong><br \/>\n6.5L V12<br \/>\n394g CO2\/km<br \/>\n<strong>Ferrari 812 Superfast<\/strong><br \/>\n6.5L V12<br \/>\n366g CO2\/km<br \/>\n<strong>Bentley Mulsanne<\/strong><br \/>\n6.75L twin-turbocharged V8<br \/>\n365g CO2\/km<br \/>\n<strong>Rolls Royce Cullinan SUV<\/strong><br \/>\n6.75L V12<br \/>\n341g CO2\/km<br \/>\n<strong>Maserati GranCabrio MC<\/strong><br \/>\n4.7L V8<br \/>\n337g CO2\/km<br \/>\n<strong>McLaren 600LT<\/strong><br \/>\n3.8L twin-turbocharged V8<br \/>\n276g CO2\/km (508 g CO2\/km on suburban roads)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Labor and Bill Shorten should explain why high emitting luxury and exotic cars favoured by billionaires will be spared from their planned vehicle emissions standard, while Australian families and tradies would be slugged up to $5,000 more for an SUV or ute. If Australians don\u2019t understand Labor\u2019s vehicle emissions standard, they shouldn\u2019t vote for it. &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2019\/04\/15\/labors-emissions-standard-hits-families-and-tradies-but-billionaires-get-free-ride\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Labor\u2019s emissions standard hits families and tradies but billionaires get free ride&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2312","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2312"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2312\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}