Budget 2024: $84.5 Million to Establish Car Pollution Cop to Police Vehicle Emissions

Published on May 15, 2024

The Australian government will spend $84.5 million over the next five years to set up a regulator to monitor vehicle emissions data and ensure automakers comply with the New Vehicle Efficiency Standard (NVES). According to the federal budget paper announced on May 15, the government will invest $12.6 million (US$8.4 million) annually over five years in the proposed watchdog, the Cleaner Car Regulator, to take charge of daily management of the NVES. Labor’s new efficiency standard, which will take effect in January 2025, imposes emissions caps on each automaker’s vehicle fleet, tightening each year to reduce transport pollution. The goal is to reduce passenger vehicle pollution by 60 percent by 2030 and emissions from commercial vehicles and some large SUVs by 50 percent....

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