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Environment
Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson

Exhausted: Australia lags Europe, US on car pollution

Australia ranks behind nations such as Slovakia and Poland when it comes to vehicle emissions. (Dave Hunt/AAP PHOTOS)

Australians drive some of the dirtiest vehicles in the world, according to a transport study, which found cars Down Under produce more pollution than vehicles in Romania, Croatia and Bulgaria, among others. 

But the National Transport Commission research, released on Tuesday, also found new vehicles were producing less pollution than older models, even though they were often bigger than the cars they replaced. 

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