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❓ Hon Tim Clifford questions the WA Government on preventing WA becoming a destination for high-polluting vehicles due to the lack of national fuel efficiency standards and asks about transitioning the State Government fleet to EVs to increase EV availability.

AnsweredQoN 2610Legislative Council

Asked

24 October 2019

Member

Hon Tim Clifford

Portfolio

Transport

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I refer to the Future Mobility section of the Climate Change in Western Australia issues paper, specifically fuel efficiency standards, and I ask: (a) given Australia is without mandatory fuel efficiency standards, what is the State Government doing to ensure Western Australia does not become a destination for high polluting vehicles; and (b) research indicates that increasing Electric Vehicle (EV) uptake in State Fleets drastically increases the amount of EV’s available in the second-hand market and to the public, will the State Government implement an EV transition for the State Government Fleet: (i) if no to (b), please detail why?

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Answered

29 November 2019

Responded by

Minister for Environment representing the Minister for Transport

Response time

11 days

(a) Vehicle emission standards are set by the Commonwealth Government’s Australian Design Rules which provide consistent standards for manufacturers, and support in-service compliance by operators. WA road law recognises these standards and requires ongoing compliance as per Part 10, Division 4 of the Road Traffic (Vehicles) Regulations 2014.
(b) The Western Australian Electric Vehicles Working Group is in the process of preparing a strategy for the uptake of Electric Vehicles in the State Government Fleet.

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