In Sydney you're paying use-charges, rather than congestion pricing (unless you use the Sydney Harbour Bridge / tunnel, which does have congestion pricing, approximated by time-of-day pricing).

https://www.rms.nsw.gov.au/sydney-motorways/toll-charges/ind...

As the NYTimes article says, everyone ends up paying one way or another, whether in taxes, or use-charges, or congestion prices, or delay. The question is how the total cost should be shared.