Simon Bridges
Wellington, October 10, 2018
A petition to repeal the Government’s new fuel taxes and relieve some of the financial pressure being imposed on hard working Kiwi families paying record prices at the pump has been launched today.
The average New Zealand household is now paying $200 a year more in petrol taxes than this time last year and in Auckland that figure is $324.
That is high and the costs are only going to increase as fuel prices climb and the Government imposes new taxes.
Worst yet to come
The worst is yet to come with two more excise tax hikes planned in the next two years. Councils right around New Zealand are already asking for Auckland’s regional fuel tax to be made available nationwide and crude oil prices are expected to continue to rise.
Ordinary hard working Kiwi families don’t need the worry of figuring out how they’re going to drive to school or get to the supermarket. But this Government is pricing them out of their cars.
That is why National has launched a petition calling for the Government to axe these new fuel taxes.
Relied demanded
The Government should provide immediate relief to New Zealanders by cancelling the new fuel taxes it’s imposed and putting a stop to its plans to add more.
National is committed to holding this Government to account and making sure New Zealanders get to keep more of what they earn to help them get ahead.
The petition can be signed here.
Simon Bridges is the Leader of the National Party of New Zealand.
