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Old 27-01-2016, 05:53 PM   #11
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Default Re: Why Does NZ Get Better Cars Than Australia ?

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Actually heard a talk on radio about the taxes from our fuel prices, and the transport minister saying how much of it goes into roading upgrades and maintainence. Yes cheaper fuel is what everyone wants, but I was in Sydney for the all Ford day last year and was actually really surprised how much worse the roads were than over here.
Yea I'm fairly happy actually paying the petrol tax here cause it is used properly by the NZTA to maintain roads. Not like in aus where some 15% of the petrol tax revenue actually gets used to maintain roads and the rest just goes to prop up some liberal agenda somewhere no doubt
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