Tag: rates

NSW councils’ Rosehill meeting

Minister backs away from inquiry but wants discussion.

South Australian councils in peril over pensioner concessions.

By Julian Bajkowski   The Municipal Association of Victoria (MAV) has taken the state government to task over what it claims are “serious shortcomings” revealed in draft differential rating guidelines….

By Julian Bajkowski Victoria’s Auditor General has criticised the state’s 79 councils over a glaring lack of clarity and detail in the way they determine and reveal how more than…

By Julian Bajkowski and Paul Hemsley The government of New South Wales could soon be in the bizarre position of attempting to sue itself after the head of a parliamentary…

Australian councils have transformed themselves beyond a narrow focus on ‘roads, rates and rubbish’ and are successfully delivering broader objectives to promote social, economic, environmental and cultural wellbeing of communities….

By Staff Writer The New South Wales Government has announced that it will protect the entitlement of seriously injured war veterans to a concession on council rates. Local Government Minister Barbara Perry…

By Staff Writer The Local Government Association of Queensland (LGAQ) has advised councils to consider a rate hike of up to eight per cent this year. LGAQ executive director Greg…

By Rachel Borchardt Councils in search of additional internal revenue must be prepared to overhaul their old rating systems, according to local government consultant Alan Morton. Speaking at the Local…