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Tag: Rate capping
State accuses councils of jacking up rates
South Australian councils are at loggerheads with the state government over rates.
The future council is ‘interconnected’
Councils need to address their myriad challenges using a multi-pronged approach, with the first being financial reporting, write Cameron Roan and Ben Smith.
Criticism mounts over South Australia’s rate capping plan
The South Australian Government’s rate-capping plans are facing opposition from councils while experts call for improved transparency on service delivery costs instead.
Victorian local government: Ripe for disruption under ratecapping
Triggers for innovation.
Victorian local council rates outcry: Will services suffer?
Rate cap set at 2 per cent.
VIC maternal health, public libraries eroded by rate caps
Councils warn of critical funding shortfalls.
Call to end NSW rate capping
Unfit councils to be culled instead.
Councils slam rate pegging slug in South Australia
A pledge by the South Australian Opposition to force rate pegging onto local governments after the March election has put councils immediately offside.