Covid slashes $550m from Auckland Council revenue

Covid slashes $550m from Auckland Council revenue
Dan Brunskill
The covid­-19 crisis has put a $550 million hole in Auckland Council’s expected revenue and triggered a temporary debt blow-out.Revenue usually collected from public transport, fuel tax excise and council operations dried up during the national lockdown.An emergency committee assembled by the council has released a draft budget which projects an operating revenue shortfall of about $550 million for the coming financial year. That will cause the council’s debt-to-revenue ratio to rise to 290 percent in the financial year starting...

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