Court rules in favour of two drivers who argued that states do no have the power to impose such fees
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Victoria’s electric vehicle tax has been struck down by the high court in a landmark case likely to bar all state-level road user charges.
On Wednesday a majority of the high court ruled in favour of two electric car drivers who argued that the imposition of a tax by the Victorian government per kilometre driven was unconstitutional because the states do not have the power to impose such fees.
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