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Auckland Mayor's complaints about scrapped fuel tax "a bit rich"

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Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Fri, 9 Feb 2024, 7:41AM
Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown. Photo / Dean Purcell
Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown. Photo / Dean Purcell

Auckland Mayor's complaints about scrapped fuel tax "a bit rich"

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Fri, 9 Feb 2024, 7:41AM

The Government and Auckland Council are not in agreement over the scrapping of the Regional Fuel Tax. 

It will be gone at the end of June, providing what the Government says is a cost-of-living relief.  

Auckland mayor Wayne Brown has come out swinging, saying the decision will leave a $1.2 billion shortfall in transport funding over the next four years. 

Ratepayers Alliance spokesperson Jordan Williams told Mike Hosking that last week, the mayor was saying Auckland Transport had lost the plot when it comes to value for money. 

He says this week it's a bit rich for Brown to complain we need to keep piling money into AT, which just has a long history of wasting it. 

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