Truckers are the latest group to hit back at the federal Australian Labor government after it raised a bevy of new taxes to offset welfare and net-zero spending in its latest budget.
From July 1, the federal government will increase the Heavy Vehicle Road User Charge to six percent each year, according to a communique from the Infrastructure and Transport Ministers’ Meeting on May 8.
“This level of increase is considered by ministers to strike the right balance between the need to move back towards cost-recovery of the heavy vehicle share of road expenditure and the need to minimise impacts on this vital industry,” the ministers said….