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'Sensible and urgent': Chloe Swarbrick on proposed fossil fuel relief package

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Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Mon, 23 Mar 2026, 10:40am
Green MP Chloe Swarbrick. Photo / Alex Burton
Green MP Chloe Swarbrick. Photo / Alex Burton

'Sensible and urgent': Chloe Swarbrick on proposed fossil fuel relief package

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Mon, 23 Mar 2026, 10:40am

The Green Party is offering its support to National to fast-track a fossil fuel relief package, bypasssing other parties with their combined 63 votes.

The proposal includes three months of free public transport, a windfall tax on fuel companies, and targeted payments for rural and low-income earners.

The Green Party co-leader Chloe Swarbrick told Kerre Woodham, "we have put a sensible and urgent fossil fuel crisis relief package on the table, and we're really willing and able to work with the National Party to make it happen."

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