New Emission Standards to Create $8 Billion in Health Benefits: Climate Change Department

Those health benefits are expected to derive from the positive impact on public health due to cleaner air from reduced emissions.

A general view of commuters and heavy transport vehicles traveling on the M1 freeway in Melbourne, Australia, on Aug. 6, 2020. Asanka Ratnayake/Getty Images

New vehicle emission standards will bring about $8 billion (US$5.11 billion) in health benefits for Australia in the coming decades, a parliamentary committee has been told.

During a recent inquiry hearing into the transition to electric vehicles (EV), representatives from the Department of Climate Change and Energy said since the New Vehicle Efficiency Standard (NVES) became law in May 2025, the government had achieved a range of milestones concerning the decarbonisation of the transport sector.