Drivers will get up to $750 cashback as part of a major toll relief overhaul.

Around 500,000 motorists will get 40 per cent rebates if they spend at least $375 a year on tolls.

It will replace an existing scheme that slashes the price of vehicle registration by half or in full, once motorists exceed a certain toll threshold.

“It sounds good in theory, but if you’re working on the road you’ll know this will barely touch the sides,” Ben Fordham said.

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Shadow roads minister John Graham told Ben “the government is giving with the one hand but taking with the other.”

“A small bit of assistance and really dwarfed by the large amount people are paying in tolls.”

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