Grant Robertson: Finance Minister stays tight-lipped on fuel tax cut extension
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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