Australian Automobile Association: ‘End Vehicle Import Tariffs Now’

The Australian Automobile Association (AAA), umbrella to the nation’s peak motoring bodies, has called for the immediate end to vehicle import tariffs. 

Following Toyota’s announcement that it will cease building cars in Australia from 2017, the motoring group says the local industry no longer needs financial ‘protection’.

May Budget to announce an end to the scheme.

“The Government must use the upcoming Federal Budget to announce the end of vehicle import tariffs in order to improve motoring affordability,” Mr McKellar said.

The import tariff on new cars is currently at five percent.