Put the foot down on emissions standards Kristian Kolding recommends we stay in the slow lane as regards fuel efficiency standards (“We need to green the grid before racing ahead with cleaner cars”). But a statement by Nationals MP David Littleproud that we are suffering from “policy fatigue” lends little credence to this argument. For ordinary Australians, the new standards will be a welcome change, meaning a better choice of fuel-efficient cars coming on to the market, plus a substantial reduction in fuel costs. Neither is there a “ban on utes” as some would have us believe. The government’s preferred...