Chris Bishop: RMA Reform Minister rules out proposed 'water tax' for farmers
Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive · Newstalk ZB
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RMA Reform Minister Chris Bishop has categorically ruled out implementing a 'water tax' that's mentioned in the proposed Resource Management legislation.
Federated Farmers today asked the Government to remove clauses they say give Ministers sweeping powers to tax water as a tool for managing demand.
Bishop says it's not that simple, and it's not a policy the current Government is proposing.
"There's a provision in there to allow it to be turned on into the future, if the Government did policy work around that, and I can tell you that we're not doing a policy work on our water tax."
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