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Finance Minister stays tight-lipped on fuel tax cut extension

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Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Mon, 25 Jul 2022, 6:31pm
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Finance Minister stays tight-lipped on fuel tax cut extension

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Mon, 25 Jul 2022, 6:31pm

The Finance Minister is staying tight-lipped on whether another extension to fuel tax cuts is on the horizon.

The Government pushed out the 25-cent reduction to petrol prices until the end of January, to ease the sting from high inflation.

Low road user charges and half-price public transport fares are enjoying a similarly long stay of execution.

Grant Robertson told Heather du Plessis-Allan the intention is to stick to that plan - to balance the cost of the lost income.

But he says Covid-19 has taught us we must be nimble, flexible and responsive.

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