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The independent federal MP for Goldstein, Zoe Daniel, said there’s no particular cause for pause and she would hope Bowen can settle on new EV policies before the end of 2022.
Certainty for industry is needed, as is rolling back red tape. High petrol costs had elevated conversations everywhere about EVs, fostering a groundswell of support for accelerated EV policy. “It’s in my community already,” Daniel said.
“Understandably this government is quite risk averse because of the various culture wars we’ve been stuck in for many years.”
Climate and EVs are among those battles, of course.
“Things can change very quickly in politics,” Daniel said. “They’ve come on this climate wave, [and] the community’s largely behind it. Spend the political capital, get it done.”…
