About this episode

The episode discusses the Australian government's decision to wind back tax discounts for electric vehicles and a new energy agreement with Japan.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says a new agreement with Japan will help secure energy supply lines for Australia. Mr Albanese met his counterpart - Sanae Takaichi - in Canberra yesterday, signing separate deals on energy, defence, critical minerals and economic cooperation. Plus, the government has announced its pairing back the tax discount for electric vehicles. GUEST: Dan Tehan, Shadow Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction PRODUCER: Isadora Bogle

People in this episode

Guest: Dan Tehan

Topics covered

• electric vehicles
• tax discount
• energy supply
• Australia-Japan relations
• defence cooperation
• critical minerals
• economic cooperation

Keywords

• electric vehicles
• tax discount
• energy supply
• Australia
• Japan
• Dan Tehan
• Albanese
• defence
• critical minerals

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Organizations: ABC Australia, Japan

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