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Luxon’s fuel tax freeze leaves worse roads and fewer choices
The Green Party says the Government's decision to cancel next year's fuel excise increase will leave the land transport system short of the money it needs and shows neither major party has a serious plan for paying for transport.
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Transport plan more pipe dream than pipeline
The Government's Major Transport Projects Pipeline, released today, shows billions of dollars of mega-roads still unfunded with no timeframe for when many will ever be built.
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Families Will Pay More Without Clean Car Standard
The Green Party says scrapping the Clean Car Standard will mean New Zealanders end up paying more to run their cars.
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Govt caves to industry on Clean Car commitment
The Green Party says the Government’s move to cave in to industry by gutting the Clean Car Standard scheme is a reminder why National can’t be trusted.
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Govt gets it wrong with cancelled ferries
The cost of cancelling the iRex ferries shows the wastefulness and short-term thinking of the Coalition Government.
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Greens launch petition for regional passenger rail
The Green Party has launched a petition calling on the Rail Minister Winston Peters to reinstate passenger rail services across the country.
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Raising speed limits on undivided highways invites trouble
The Government’s move to increase speed limits substantially on dozens of stretches of rural and often undivided highways will result in more serious harm.
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One year on, still no progress on new ferries
Today’s announcement from the Government on its plan for new ferries throws more uncertainty on the future of the country’s rail network.
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Public transport fare hikes a disaster
The Government’s directive to councils to increase bus and train fares substantially over the next few years is a bitter pill to swallow for communities across the country.
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Coalition Govt’s expensive tunnel vision for Wellington comes at the expense of the regions
A second Mount Victoria tunnel, a duplicate Terrace tunnel alongside highway widening will dump more traffic in the centre of Wellington and result in more pollution.
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