by Don Palmer | Jun 12, 2019 | rates
Many City of Unley rate payers will be distressed when they receive their first rates notice for 2019-20. Not I must say because of anything Council has or has not done. Their grief will be due to changes to the way their properties are valued by the Valuer...
by Don Palmer | Sep 21, 2018 | Election
Ensuring financial responsibility is one of the major obligations of an elected member of Council. Without financial responsibility there is no limit to what a Council could charge its ratepayers for the services they provide. Councils have an obligation to...
by Don Palmer | Sep 5, 2018 | Election
For all we have achieved together, as I noted in my last blog we have much still to achieve into the near future. For a glimpse into the future read on as I summarise what I see as the challenges going forward. Challenges which requires proving local leadership. The...
by Don Palmer | Aug 31, 2018 | rates
Labor warned us a day ago. They confirmed today that they would join the cross benches and vote the Government’s bill down. Externally imposed rate capping is dead as a result. So up go the headlines. Rate capping Dead. No, externally imposed rate capping is...
by Don Palmer | Aug 2, 2018 | rates
See Saw Margery Daw Jacky shall have a new master. Jacky shall earn but a penny a day. The seesaw is one of the oldest ‘rides’ for children, easily constructed from logs of different sizes. The words of “See Saw Margery Daw” reflect children...
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