Joyce rejects petrol car sales ban amid Coalition split on electric vehicles

By Nicole Hasham
January 24 2018 - 4:30am
A spokeswoman for Infrastructure and Transport Minister Barnaby Joyce on Wednesday said his government had "no plan to ban the sale of new petrol and diesel cars ... Australia's transport policies are modelled on Australia's needs." His office declined to elaborate.
A spokeswoman for Infrastructure and Transport Minister Barnaby Joyce on Wednesday said his government had "no plan to ban the sale of new petrol and diesel cars ... Australia's transport policies are modelled on Australia's needs." His office declined to elaborate.

Transport Minister Barnaby Joyce has quashed the prospect of Australia replicating overseas bans on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars, as the Turnbull government splits on whether to encourage the electric vehicle industry.

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