Last week (March 10 2022) homeowners across Victoria vented furiously in media forums against a generous 14% pay rise dished out to...

Councillors across Victoria have been awarded backdated payrises roughly seven times more than their local ratepayers in the inaugural...

Local Government Minister Shaun Leane has turned to the Australian Services Union (ASU) and the Municipal Association of Victoria (MAV)...

Local Government Minister Shaun Leane has refused to support Legislation to ensure Councils tell ratepayers they can apply for rate cuts...

While local Councils around Victoria are increasing rubbish collection fees and cutting regular garbage collection to households, the...

Local Government Victoria’s discussion paper on Council Culture prepared by PWC is an ironic symbol of everything wrong with Local...

State MPs are still sweeping the whole issue of waivers for ratepayers under the carpet, 19 years after the Local Government Act in...

Lower House MPs amended the Local Government Act and the Financial Management Act last week and failed to provide rate relief in either...

The Local Government Inspectorate has taken no action against candidates who published false allegations or engaged in unethical...

Small words such as ‘may’ and ‘will’ have been carefully used in the Local Government Act 2020 to give Council staff more rights than...

The Municipal Association of Victoria (MAV) has told the Independent Remuneration Tribunal (VIRT) the demise of local papers is a reason...

Ratepayers Victoria has urged the Essential Services Commission to limit Council revenue increases to the Consumer Price Index because...

The Essential Services Commission has confirmed 60% of ratepayers are still facing higher bills four years after the introduction of rate...

An internal disagreement over whether a Sunbury Road rubbish dump was being monitored daily or not has cost Hume ratepayers at least...

Frankston Councillor Steven Hughes has been suspended from Council for a month, partly due to social media posts comparing rates across...

Wyndham Ratepayers have been charged $5900 for arbitration after a Councillor called another a bloody moron during a Council meeting. Cr...

Councils ignore the Local Government Act to deny financial assistance to individuals but need no legal authority to discount business...

Maribyrnong’s ALP Mayor Michael Clarke has convinced his fellow Councillors it would be a good idea for Council to consider growing...

Planning Minister Richard Wynne now has total control over Council land in Victoria as part of the Andrews’ Governments zeal to build the...

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