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2020-21 Pre-Budget Submission

20 December 2019

The ATA submission to the 2020-21 Federal Budget has called on Government to back small businesses, support regional Australia and deliver lower taxes.

Recommendations put forward in the ATA submission include:

  • The Australian Government to reject the proposed increases in heavy vehicle charges for 2020-21 and 2021-22
  • The Australian Government to progress an integrated reform program for the setting of heavy vehicle charges and expenditure
  • The role of the Australian Transport Safety Bureau to be extended so it can carry out independent, no-blame, safety investigations of road crashes involving heavy vehicles, and
  • The Australian Government to expand its support for rural roads, including a national fund to deliver a minimum service level standard on rural freight roads and delivering the regional road safety improvements project identified by Infrastructure Australia.

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