❓ A WA parliamentary question regarding increases in state-controlled vehicle registration fees for owner-drivers and the transport industry over the past eight years, with a detailed response from the Treasurer.
AnsweredQoN 738Legislative Assembly
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738. Hon. P.G. PENDAL to the Treasurer:
I refer to the recent mass "Axe-the-Tax" rally outside Parliament House on the issue of fuel and other on-costs and ask, in respect to owner-drivers and the transport industry in general, will the Treasurer indicate the extent to which State-controlled vehicle registration fees have risen in each of the past eight years?
I refer to the recent mass "Axe-the-Tax" rally outside Parliament House on the issue of fuel and other on-costs and ask, in respect to owner-drivers and the transport industry in general, will the Treasurer indicate the extent to which State-controlled vehicle registration fees have risen in each of the past eight years?
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Answered
23 November 2000
Response time
65 days
The Minister Replied:
For business vehicles with gross weight of less than 4.5 tonnes, the licence fee component of vehicle registration fees over the last eight years is as follows:
1993/94 $97.86
1994/95 $97.86
1995/96 $97.86
1996/97 $97.86
1997/98 $117.40
1998/99 $192.00
1999/00 $196.15
2000/01 $200.16
For heavy vehicles (gross weight of 4.5 tonnes or more), Western Australia has adopted the national uniform licence fee charges from 1 July 1996. The licence fee component of the registration fees for these vehicles is determined by the number of axles, the gross weight of the vehicle and its nomination of use in towing trailers. For example, the current licence fee for a standard 3 axle rigid truck with a gross vehicle mass of 16.5 tonnes and with no trailers is $600, while the current licence fee for a standard three-axle prime mover with one trailer is $3,400.
For business vehicles with gross weight of less than 4.5 tonnes, the licence fee component of vehicle registration fees over the last eight years is as follows:
1993/94 $97.86
1994/95 $97.86
1995/96 $97.86
1996/97 $97.86
1997/98 $117.40
1998/99 $192.00
1999/00 $196.15
2000/01 $200.16
For heavy vehicles (gross weight of 4.5 tonnes or more), Western Australia has adopted the national uniform licence fee charges from 1 July 1996. The licence fee component of the registration fees for these vehicles is determined by the number of axles, the gross weight of the vehicle and its nomination of use in towing trailers. For example, the current licence fee for a standard 3 axle rigid truck with a gross vehicle mass of 16.5 tonnes and with no trailers is $600, while the current licence fee for a standard three-axle prime mover with one trailer is $3,400.
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