Direct road pricing inevitable as fuel excise revenue collapses

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By Leith van Onselen

Yesterday’s AFR National Infrastructure Summit featured robust discussion about direct road user charges:

New Infrastructure Australia chief executive Romilly Madew said road user charging was definitely on the infrastructure agenda and needed to be pushed through to compensate for falling income from fuel taxes as people shifted to electric vehicles.

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About the author
Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.