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[NSW] Free Vehicle Registration When Spend More than $25 a Week on Tolls over 12 Months @ NSW Government

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[NSW] Free Vehicle Registration When Spend More than $25 a Week on Tolls over 12 Months @ NSW Government
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ilovefullprice on 08/04/2018 - 14:05 nsw.gov.au (2478 clicks)
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Spend more than $25 a week on tolls over 12 months and you could be eligible for free vehicle registration.

From 1 July 2018, owners of standard cars, utes, four-wheel drives and motorcycles who have spent more than $25 a week on tolls over the last 12 months will save on registration costs for that vehicle. It will also be backdated to allow motorists to claim free vehicle registration if they spend more than $25 a week from July 1 2017.

The scheme will apply to private drivers who regularly use e-toll on the M2, M4, M7, the Eastern Distributor, the Cross City tunnel, the Lane Cove tunnel, the Sydney Harbour Bridge, the Sydney Harbour tunnel and NorthConnex. Drivers who use the M5 will continue to have access to the cashback scheme.

Private motor vehicles weighing more than 2795kg, such as trucks, are not included in the scheme.

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  • Wpulsar on 08/04/2018 - 21:53
    +1

    So basically another government payout to the private operators using our taxes?

  • 8azinga on 08/04/2018 - 21:59

    Posted back in November
    https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/343228

    • ilovefullprice on 08/04/2018 - 22:48

      What a strange previous post, there is no picture over the deal link and you can’t vote on this previous post.

      Anyhow, mods please remove my post if dup, thanks

      • 8azinga on 09/04/2018 - 09:02

        It was originally posted in deals and then moved to forums

  • asa79 on 08/04/2018 - 22:07
    +1

    This just means new will just add more tolls roads but can't see private toll owners using this extra money to fund government the missing rego money so they will up rego for those that don't pay rego. Just like the solar scheme

    • D C on 08/04/2018 - 22:28

      Just like the solar scheme

      …so run this past me one more time. I get subsidised panels, and you'll pay me 60c/kWH for what I generate while selling it for under 30c/kWh.

      Well, I'm not the one getting it in the shorts so sign me up!

      • asa79 on 09/04/2018 - 03:02

        So you still pay pre solar scheme electricity prices and supply charges?

  • hello007 on 08/04/2018 - 22:30
    +1

    So now EVERY driver in NSW will now pay more to subsidise a total scam to turbo boost the profits of toll toad operators.

    How about we get some full disclosure of what is obviously millions in political donations to the Liberals to create such a scam.

    Can anyone explain why mega-exponentially profitable toll road global corporations need such rort scams?

    How many hospital, school and road projects will be axed to fund the rort?

  • innov on 08/04/2018 - 23:04
    +1

    Before M4 was tolled I was saving $8 a day amounting to $40 a week. Times that for 52 weeks and it costs me over $2000 over the course of the year.

    Now this free registration scheme will save me $400 but I am still over $1600 out of pocket.

    I am sorry but this is not a deal, no matter how you see it you will be out of pocket at the end and actually encourages people to use tolls when previously in my instance were free!! It's revenue raising by the government and their stakeholders under the guise of interest for the people.

    • ilovefullprice on 08/04/2018 - 23:06
      +1

      For those who have to use the toll, this would be a saving

      • LordSydney on 09/04/2018 - 01:26

        A saving, but still a rort.

  • steven124 on 08/04/2018 - 23:32

    What if I have two vehicles?

    The Q&A is really rought, not very clear…

  • asa79 on 09/04/2018 - 03:06
    +1

    Just a government looking after business more then it's people. Like pushing coal instead of renewable

    • HeWhoKnows on 09/04/2018 - 13:38

      May I suggest you read the post and qualification again.
      But to save you time…..
      "The scheme will apply to private drivers"

      • asa79 on 09/04/2018 - 16:09

        The business is the toll companies

        • HeWhoKnows on 09/04/2018 - 16:11

          Fine. Perhaps you should have worded it that way to avoid such confusion. Cheers

  • vivmak on 09/04/2018 - 08:41

    Whatever happened to save the planet by reducing cars on roads. they are asking you to use the toll, money goes to private operator and rest of the rego payers and stamp duty payers carry the burden

    So instead of paying money to toll operators directly government is paying it indirectly.

    We will never get a train between Newcastle and Sydney that will takes 30 minutes travel.

  • Meowcat on 09/04/2018 - 09:00

    http://link.email.dynect.net/link.php?DynEngagement=true&H=W…

    I think the cashback for transurbans political donations is the actual real deal here..

  • Oipjo on 09/04/2018 - 09:17
    -1

    Thanks for the post - but I disagree with the scheme…
    "Spent more than $25/week for 12 months" - If you work all year round, taking toll roads on the daily and decide to use your annual leave to go on a holiday to anywhere else outside of home. Does this mean you give up your benefit? No more overseas trips? Really, you have to keep on top of it and ensure you're using the toll roads when usually you aren't using them to ensure you meet eligibility criteria. Further to this, many businesses are now more open to 'work from home' so you may not hit your $25 every week - miss one and you're out paying full anyway? Not to mention many people change jobs every 3-5 years, so you probably change your destination for where you drive to for work. I'd be interested to know how many people would actually be eligible; as already mentioned Government will probably make more on this by increasing fee's etc to compensate/advertise the promotion, than it will actually pay out to users anyway. In the end everyone loses #terriblescheme

    I find many of the same flaws in Opal - wherein a lot of people don't travel 5 days (work from home 1+ day a week) and in my own case, there isn't any chance I'm travelling anywhere near the city on a weekend, I've seen enough of it during the week. Really they should still focus on affordability/efficiency of public transport to reduce congestion on the roads, after my mortgage, public transport (which is solely for work travel) and food are pretty much on-par for 2nd/3rd, before a HUGE gap and then followed by other bills/entertainment/home maintenance.

    • twister292 on 09/04/2018 - 09:54
      +4

      It's 25/wk on average… 1300/yr is the threshold apparently.

    • HeWhoKnows on 09/04/2018 - 13:42

      Read the eligibility critera again.
      "Spend more than $25 a week on tolls over 12 months"

      That $25 is taken to be an average over 12 months.
      It's aimed at regular users of tollways
      i.e More than $1,300 in tolls per year
      But if you dont like the offer then just DONT CLAIM!

    • asa79 on 09/04/2018 - 16:12
      +1

      There is a hidden loophole that because you. Missed a week like around xmas your no longer eligible. I trust our government wouldn't use that now hey ;)

  • dec1an on 09/04/2018 - 12:20
    +1

    People often accuse governments like Mike Baird's and Gladys B's of being 'neoliberals' and 'pro-free market', but promos like this suggest things are much worse. The toll roads DON'T EVEN HAVE SIGNS SAYING HOW MUCH THEY COST. There is no market logic here because they don't actually want you to chose. The actual logic is to run the existing roads into disrepair then force people onto toll roads through perverse incentives like this.

    • syousef on 09/04/2018 - 19:12

      No need to run them into disrepair. The toll road operator contracts now come with clauses that the free roads must be closed or narrowed to force people onto the toll road. No corruption. Just open, clear, legal and unchecked conflict of interest.

  • beatsntoons on 09/04/2018 - 15:25
    +2

    This is so dumb. We are using our taxpayer dollars that can go to more important things, so private companies can charge us tolls. The rebate should come from the operator, not the taxpayer. It's a lose-lose for us.

  • asa79 on 09/04/2018 - 16:15
    +2

    Those poor toll, coal, electricity, petrol companies. Our government feels for them and they need to give them more hand outs at our expense

  • syousef on 09/04/2018 - 19:14

    Awww sorry I see here you took some annual leave and didn't use the toll road for 2 weeks. No soup for you!

  • Odin on 09/04/2018 - 23:52
    +1

    Cool…

    why does this exist?

    Why aren't the roads just… not toll roads, and public roads?

    How about we stop privatising shit, and then subsidising the private sector with public money?

  • lonewolf on 11/04/2018 - 14:24

    A rort of a system, create one extra lane for a small part of the motorway and bring back a 4+$ toll which will apparenty pay of the expenses in 2 years but the toll is meant to stay for at least another 40 years apparently…. This has actually caused more traffic as majority of cars got pushed on to parra road as well as other main arteries like pennant hills and james ruse etc. As people try to find longer but free routes as opposed to before where they used M4. This has increased my travel time by at least 10-15 minutes each way whenever i go west and / or north west.

  • SydneySwan on 19/04/2018 - 16:59

    Anyone know how the rebate will work at a procedural level? We have one toll account in my name with 2 e-tags. My wife uses one in her car which she is registered owner of. She will easily beat the $1300 toll figure as she has to drive across the SHB up to 3 times per day. My e-tag used in the car of which I am registered owner has an annual toll figure of around $50.

    Does she have to have the e-toll account in her name to get the free rego for her car?

  • Ryk on 25/04/2018 - 10:25

    perhaps all rego should be free?
    like public transport could be free, they'd save on the ticket nazis.

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