Quarterly trade surplus fell to $1.1 billion as car imports rose 28.2 per cent, with EV sales more than doubling.
Why it mattersYour fuel costs matter: this Middle East crisis pushed so many Australians to electric cars that it shrank the country's trade surplus.
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