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Hey guys Heres the proposed plan of Julia Gillard if she gets elected.......
Cleaner cars welcomed
There has been a call for Julia Gillard's cleaner car scheme to include commercial vehicles. (ABC News: Giulio Saggin, file photo)
A green group in WA says Julia Gillard's announcement of a $400 million program to remove old cars from Australian roads needs to go further.
If Labor is re-elected, owners of pre 1995 vehicles that upgrade to fuel efficient cars will be entitiled to a $2000 rebate to be paid after the old car is scrapped.
Ms Gillard says the initiative will remove up to 200,000 petrol guzzling, pollution spewing cars from the roads.
"The amount of carbon we anticipate saving through this measure by getting the 200,000 old cars off the road in favour of more efficient vehicles is one million tonnes," she said.
Ray Wills from the Sustainable Energy Association has welcomed the rebate scheme, but says it must be extended to the business sector if it is to have a significant impact.
"We'd certainly like to see a focus on commercial vehicle fleet, that would provide a much stronger outcome from this initative," he said.
"We would also like to see funding coming for this, not from renewable energy programs, but from new and seperate funding because it's important to do as much as we can, not just piecemeal."
Can Tell You now she won't be getting our vote......
Cleaner cars welcomed
There has been a call for Julia Gillard's cleaner car scheme to include commercial vehicles. (ABC News: Giulio Saggin, file photo)
A green group in WA says Julia Gillard's announcement of a $400 million program to remove old cars from Australian roads needs to go further.
If Labor is re-elected, owners of pre 1995 vehicles that upgrade to fuel efficient cars will be entitiled to a $2000 rebate to be paid after the old car is scrapped.
Ms Gillard says the initiative will remove up to 200,000 petrol guzzling, pollution spewing cars from the roads.
"The amount of carbon we anticipate saving through this measure by getting the 200,000 old cars off the road in favour of more efficient vehicles is one million tonnes," she said.
Ray Wills from the Sustainable Energy Association has welcomed the rebate scheme, but says it must be extended to the business sector if it is to have a significant impact.
"We'd certainly like to see a focus on commercial vehicle fleet, that would provide a much stronger outcome from this initative," he said.
"We would also like to see funding coming for this, not from renewable energy programs, but from new and seperate funding because it's important to do as much as we can, not just piecemeal."
Can Tell You now she won't be getting our vote......
