Increasing Rates Diminishing Services
Increasing rates diminishing services is the catch cry of a today tonight storey on Channel 7 tonight. A damming story aired tonight on the popular Channel 7 program about Council rates rising but services provided reducing. Two councils, Salisbury and Charles Sturt,...State Government 2016-17 budget in black courtesy of Local Gov.
It has been just short of a week since the State Government 2016-17 budget was handed down. This was amid wide acclaim for bringing in a surplus that has previously escaped them. Thanks that is to councils and rate payers. While the Treasurer trumps his State...Lower Rate verses Lower loan funding the question in Unley’s budget
Council on Monday night will consider as part of the rate budget how much loan funding we should use to fund council programs. When we as individual property owners need to improve or redevelop our property we will be faced with how to finance any such project....2.2% or 2.7% rate increase or something else the question for council
Council sits on Monday night to consider our annual business plan and budget. The focus will be whether or we adopt a 2.2%, 2.7% rate increase or something else. That is the question for council. As mentioned in my last blog post Council up to now at least seems...Manufacturing Rate Capping
In the background of the Liberal Party rate capping threat we see councils announcing low rate increases this year. The City of Adelaide leading the way with a nil increase in rates. Is the industry now guilty of manufacturing rate capping. Unley too is looking at a...
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