Question regarding a reported drop in vehicle registration revenue and its impact on road funding. The Minister attributes the projected decrease to the federal GST, tabling a Department of Transport document for further details.

AnsweredQoN 491Legislative Council
Asked
29 August 2001
Portfolio
Planning and Infrastructure

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The Minister for Planning and Infrastructure said on regional radio this morning that the number of vehicle registration licences has dropped.  For how many vehicles were vehicle licence registration fees collected last financial year and this financial year; and what is the projection for the coming financial year? Hon G.T. GIFFARD

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I thank the member for some notice of this question. The minister’s comments referred to a projected decrease in vehicle registrations over the next four years.  I table a document from the Department of Transport showing the estimates in the previous budget, and the estimates in the current budget.  This amounts to a drop of around $65 million in vehicle registration revenue and, because vehicle registration fees are hypotheticated, this amounts to a reduction of $65 million in road funds.  As the Department of Transport document shows, the cause of this revenue drop is the federal coalition’s disastrous goods and services tax. [See paper No 615.]
Hon G.T. GIFFARD replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. The minister’s comments referred to a projected decrease in vehicle registrations over the next four years.  I table a document from the Department of Transport showing the estimates in the previous budget, and the estimates in the current budget.  This amounts to a drop of around $65 million in vehicle registration revenue and, because vehicle registration fees are hypotheticated, this amounts to a reduction of $65 million in road funds.  As the Department of Transport document shows, the cause of this revenue drop is the federal coalition’s disastrous goods and services tax. [See paper No 615.]
I thank the member for some notice of this question. The minister’s comments referred to a projected decrease in vehicle registrations over the next four years.  I table a document from the Department of Transport showing the estimates in the previous budget, and the estimates in the current budget.  This amounts to a drop of around $65 million in vehicle registration revenue and, because vehicle registration fees are hypotheticated, this amounts to a reduction of $65 million in road funds.  As the Department of Transport document shows, the cause of this revenue drop is the federal coalition’s disastrous goods and services tax. [See paper No 615.]
The minister’s comments referred to a projected decrease in vehicle registrations over the next four years.  I table a document from the Department of Transport showing the estimates in the previous budget, and the estimates in the current budget.  This amounts to a drop of around $65 million in vehicle registration revenue and, because vehicle registration fees are hypotheticated, this amounts to a reduction of $65 million in road funds.  As the Department of Transport document shows, the cause of this revenue drop is the federal coalition’s disastrous goods and services tax. [See paper No 615.]
[See paper No 615.]

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