Tag: rate

Budget Buzzzz

Bri Robinson -
City Council to consider business plan feedback as low attendance recorded at special meeting A perceived outpouring of community concern failed to eventuate at Mount...

Ratepayer association raises concerns

SE Voice -
The Mount Gambier and District Residents and Ratepayers Association has raised concerns about the City Council’s proposed 10.24% rate rise and urged elected members...

Tax relief hope

SE Voice -
Limestone Coast residents are optimistically waiting to learn whether the Federal Government will backtrack on its election promise to implement stage three tax cuts...

Electric vehicle concerns raised

SE Voice -
Amove for Wattle Range Council to dispose of the chief executive’s electric vehicle and buy a more practical model was defeated at the recent...

Council calls for wind farm levy increase

SE Voice -
State Attorney-General Kyam Maher will be asked to change legislation in order for greater council rates to be levied on the Woakwine Range wind...

Rate notice error discovered

SE Voice -
Wattle Range Council has found a significant error as it goes about collecting almost $18m in rates in the 2023/24 financial year. The council has...

Council rate rise prompts Wulanda report request

SE Voice -
The increase in Mount Gambier City Council rates has prompted an elected member to request a report about the operating costs of the Wulanda...

Council rate rise

SE Voice -
Grant District Council residents will be hit with a 7.6% rate increase after council endorsed its annual business plan and budget last week. Council has...

Council rate increase below cost of inflation

SE Voice -
Mount Gambier City Council ratepayers are facing a 6.2% rate hike, which is lower than the cost of inflation. The council’s draft 2023/2024 Annual Business...

‘Red-hot’ market reduces rate of re-homed refugees

Brandi Miller -
The ongoing housing crisis is slowing down the rate of refugees settling in Mount Gambier. The lifting of the COVID-19 travel ban allowed the first...

Coastal haven rate revenue to increase

SE Voice -
Rate revenue is set to increase by almost 6% for the Robe District Council in the upcoming financial year. Robe Mayor Alison Nunan has defended...