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Podcast: Canterbury Mornings with John MacDonald
Episode: John MacDonald: Road user charges are fairer for everyone
Description: If you drive a petrol vehicle, how’s that $20-a-week tax cut looking now that the Government wants to sting you with road user charges? I’m being a bit facetious. Because I actually think road user charges are much fairer than fuel taxes. Because, when you use a road, it makes no difference whether you drive an old dunger or something more modern - you’re still using it. Because with road user charges, you pay depending on how many kilometres you drive, instead of how much fuel you buy. And if you’ve go...