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Politics Thursday: Greg O'Connor and Tom Rutherford talk unemployment, road user charges

Publish Date
Thu, 7 Aug 2025, 12:46pm

Politics Thursday: Greg O'Connor and Tom Rutherford talk unemployment, road user charges

Publish Date
Thu, 7 Aug 2025, 12:46pm

The government is hoping to have petrol tax fully scrapped by 2027, with all motorists moving towards paying road user charges per kilometre. But if the idea is that this is cost neutral, what's the point?

Also, Fisheries Minister Shane Jones has announced a raft of changes to the Fisheries Act, but as a former chair of Sealord and someone who has received donations from the industry, is he the right person to be making these decisions?

To answer those questions, Labour's Ohariu MP Greg O'Connor and National's Bay of Plenty MP Tom Rutherford joined Nick Mills for Politics Thursday. 

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