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    14% Councillor Pay Rise as VIRT Sanctions Sly Super
    verityinyarraville
    • Mar 13
    • 2 min

    14% Councillor Pay Rise as VIRT Sanctions Sly Super

    Last week (March 10 2022) homeowners across Victoria vented furiously in media forums against a generous 14% pay rise dished out to...
    21 views0 comments
    Councillors Grab Double-Digit Payrises from Ratepayers
    verityinyarraville
    • Mar 11
    • 2 min

    Councillors Grab Double-Digit Payrises from Ratepayers

    Councillors across Victoria have been awarded backdated payrises roughly seven times more than their local ratepayers in the inaugural...
    140 views0 comments
    Minister Consults Council Staff on New Bill to Help Residents Struggling with Rate Bills
    verityinyarraville
    • Mar 11
    • 2 min

    Minister Consults Council Staff on New Bill to Help Residents Struggling with Rate Bills

    Local Government Minister Shaun Leane has turned to the Australian Services Union (ASU) and the Municipal Association of Victoria (MAV)...
    44 views0 comments
    MPs Vote to Hide Rate Waivers for Homeowners
    verityinyarraville
    • Mar 10
    • 2 min

    MPs Vote to Hide Rate Waivers for Homeowners

    Local Government Minister Shaun Leane has refused to support Legislation to ensure Councils tell ratepayers they can apply for rate cuts...
    52 views0 comments
    Waste Levy's Ironic Waste of Rates
    verityinyarraville
    • Mar 4
    • 2 min

    Waste Levy's Ironic Waste of Rates

    While local Councils around Victoria are increasing rubbish collection fees and cutting regular garbage collection to households, the...
    17 views0 comments
    LGV Inflicts Cancel Culture on Ratepayers in Council Culture Review
    verityinyarraville
    • Feb 22
    • 3 min

    LGV Inflicts Cancel Culture on Ratepayers in Council Culture Review

    Local Government Victoria’s discussion paper on Council Culture prepared by PWC is an ironic symbol of everything wrong with Local...
    113 views0 comments
    Still Waiting for Waivers 19 years after Section 171(A)
    verityinyarraville
    • Feb 22
    • 2 min

    Still Waiting for Waivers 19 years after Section 171(A)

    State MPs are still sweeping the whole issue of waivers for ratepayers under the carpet, 19 years after the Local Government Act in...
    8 views0 comments
    MPs Omit Ratepayers from Fee Relief -Again
    verityinyarraville
    • Feb 14
    • 2 min

    MPs Omit Ratepayers from Fee Relief -Again

    Lower House MPs amended the Local Government Act and the Financial Management Act last week and failed to provide rate relief in either...
    9 views0 comments
    MPs OK Lying in Council Election Campaigns
    verityinyarraville
    • Nov 15, 2021
    • 2 min

    MPs OK Lying in Council Election Campaigns

    The Local Government Inspectorate has taken no action against candidates who published false allegations or engaged in unethical...
    14 views0 comments
    Words Act Against Ratepayers
    verityinyarraville
    • Nov 4, 2021
    • 2 min

    Words Act Against Ratepayers

    Small words such as ‘may’ and ‘will’ have been carefully used in the Local Government Act 2020 to give Council staff more rights than...
    17 views0 comments
    No Local News Means More Money for Mayors?
    verityinyarraville
    • Oct 22, 2021
    • 2 min

    No Local News Means More Money for Mayors?

    The Municipal Association of Victoria (MAV) has told the Independent Remuneration Tribunal (VIRT) the demise of local papers is a reason...
    25 views0 comments
    RPV Calls for CPI Rate Rise Limit
    verityinyarraville
    • Oct 21, 2021
    • 3 min

    RPV Calls for CPI Rate Rise Limit

    Ratepayers Victoria has urged the Essential Services Commission to limit Council revenue increases to the Consumer Price Index because...
    20 views0 comments
    Most Ratepayers Paying Higher Bills Despite Rate-Capping
    verityinyarraville
    • Oct 20, 2021
    • 2 min

    Most Ratepayers Paying Higher Bills Despite Rate-Capping

    The Essential Services Commission has confirmed 60% of ratepayers are still facing higher bills four years after the introduction of rate...
    64 views0 comments
    Smelly Complaint Costs $3000
    verityinyarraville
    • Oct 19, 2021
    • 1 min

    Smelly Complaint Costs $3000

    An internal disagreement over whether a Sunbury Road rubbish dump was being monitored daily or not has cost Hume ratepayers at least...
    11 views0 comments
    Frankston Councillor Suspended Over Social Media Rates Rant
    verityinyarraville
    • Oct 19, 2021
    • 2 min

    Frankston Councillor Suspended Over Social Media Rates Rant

    Frankston Councillor Steven Hughes has been suspended from Council for a month, partly due to social media posts comparing rates across...
    30 views0 comments
    $5,000 Bloody Moron
    verityinyarraville
    • Oct 13, 2021
    • 1 min

    $5,000 Bloody Moron

    Wyndham Ratepayers have been charged $5900 for arbitration after a Councillor called another a bloody moron during a Council meeting. Cr...
    13 views0 comments
    Councils continue lawless allocation of rate revenue
    verityinyarraville
    • Sep 28, 2021
    • 2 min

    Councils continue lawless allocation of rate revenue

    Councils ignore the Local Government Act to deny financial assistance to individuals but need no legal authority to discount business...
    7 views0 comments
    Maribyrnong Mayor's Pot Dreams
    verityinyarraville
    • Sep 17, 2021
    • 2 min

    Maribyrnong Mayor's Pot Dreams

    Maribyrnong’s ALP Mayor Michael Clarke has convinced his fellow Councillors it would be a good idea for Council to consider growing...
    6 views0 comments
    Victoria's Infectious Big Build
    verityinyarraville
    • Sep 16, 2021
    • 2 min

    Victoria's Infectious Big Build

    Planning Minister Richard Wynne now has total control over Council land in Victoria as part of the Andrews’ Governments zeal to build the...
    20 views0 comments
    Selfish Councillors' Super Rate Rort
    verityinyarraville
    • Aug 30, 2021
    • 1 min

    Selfish Councillors' Super Rate Rort

    When your rate notice arrives this year, remember it’s being unfairly boosted with superannuation for Councillors - even though they’re...
    36 views0 comments
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