Councils asking for huge rates risers are sitting on million-dollar gold mines
Sydney councils slugging ratepayers with large rate rises still have tens of millions of dollars in the bank, despite ...
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February Meeting To Discuss Financial Sustainability
Council meeting has a packed agenda, with Councillors being asked to endorse the IPART approved rate rise of 15% ahead of the ...
‘S*** sandwich’: North Sydney Council votes for 87 per cent rate hike after $122 million pool debacle
Dozens of angry Sydney residents have fronted a chaotic council meeting where members voted in favour of an almost 100 per cent rate hike after a $122 million pool redevelopment debacle, with one ...
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Council merger promise broken as bureaucracy bill up by $40m
Northern Beaches Council is paying millions more on staffing costs than all three former councils combined prior to their amalgamation, despite government promises to ratepayers that they would pay ...
‘Sack them all’: North Sydney councillors vote for 87 per cent rate rise at rowdy meeting
A hostile crowd of protesters shouted “shame” and “liar” as councillors debated the proposed rates rise at a meeting on ...
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Councils Respond To Calls For Rates Evasion
The peak body for local government in New South Wales has criticised calls for people to simply not pay rates in response to ...