by Don Palmer | Jun 17, 2017 | Local Government
Local Government in Crisis was the topic of a summit I attended recently on behalf of the City of Unley in Melbourne. As testimony that local government (worldwide) is in crisis the leaders of the summit sited the election of Donald Trump and Brexit. To build...
by Don Palmer | Jun 6, 2017 | Budget, Community Plan
Before this year I have not seen much interest from our community in setting our yearly budget. This year I can honestly say I am proud of our Community’s contribution to determining our next budget. So why am I proud of our Community’s contribution to...
by Don Palmer | Jul 14, 2016 | Community Plan, rates
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...
by Don Palmer | Jun 20, 2016 | Community Plan, rates
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...
by Don Palmer | Jun 13, 2016 | Community Plan, rates
Does the Liberal State Opposition believe Councils are incapable of running a tight budget? Following on from my previous blog posts on rate capping I ask the question whether the Libs believe that Councils are spending the rates they collect from you...
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