Luciferase
Spot on. Wouldn't it be great? A car that was made in Australia by an Australian owned company (perhaps the much lauded public/private partnership) specifically for the sector this section of FBT covers.

A base model electric/hybrid with optional variations to suit specific purpose.

It would be a bold and visionary Government that would step on the corporate toes of car manufacturers and have to formulate special R&D treatment for the project

I won't be holding my breath

It makes me spew that I must pay more tax so the rich can ponce about more cheaply in luxury foreign cars. What are we supporting, car salesmen?

Not only do we support car salesmen and rich ponces, we also provide cars for women of calibre and men who aspire to take their brats school,go four wheel driving on weekends and let their delusions of grandeur manifest.
I worked with these middle management dupes and their misconception of wealth for several years and it was always a constant source of amusement for me and one other socially minded workmate that they would prefer a better/newer 'company car' than a pay rise.

Even more amusing was looking at the 2 old utes parked front and centre in the office car park and the manager continuously offering to 'salary sacrifice' new cars for us. His and the business owners political beliefs (welded on LIBERAL) wouldn't allow him to admit these cars were paid for by the average Joe/Joanne taxpayer, as a result easy pickings for a pay rise.

The down side is the fact that the afore mentioned dupes' held a strong sense of entitlement and bugger the rest attitude.

You have every right to spew

Do you people ever bother with the facts before you go shooting your mouths off?

The facts of the matter is that the largest percentage by far using this system are public servants. They are teachers, nurses & charity workers, not the "pouncing" rich.

Do grow up folks, the rich drive fully company owned cars & have no need of this bit of payola.

I do wonder if the same option is available to check out chicks, & other poorly paid workers, as to these quite well paid public sector people.

I do agree however, that there doesn't seem to be much reason to give these people a tax reduction on new cars.

If we want a car industry, & many do, it makes more sense to make buying locally made cars mandatory for all government departments, local government organisations, & publicly funded bodies as well.

The teachers, nurses etc are all earning well above the majority of wage earners and you can stop wondering 'check out chicks' are flat out paying for their bus fares.
The vehicles that aren't being used for business should not be treated as such.
Why do they deserve a vehicle that is partially funded by the taxpayers that aren't afforded these tax breaks/rorts?
Of the people I worked with the only one that could really be considered and that was a bit iffy was the manager's car and even then he didn't really need a top of the range Land-cruiser for a city run about. As for the rest they were used solely for personal transport.

I agree, Hasbeen, with "If we want a car industry, & many do, it makes more sense to make buying locally made cars mandatory for all government departments, local government organisations, & publicly funded bodies as well."

Nevertheless, it would appear most cars supposedly used for income earning purposes are not, judging from the hoopla and the plunge in the leasing business. Please explain why the taxpayer subsidy should apply, and especially to foreign cars. For you perhaps it's just a case of if Tony wants it it must be good, like PPL?