Tag: rate-peg

The NSW government is accused of withholding more than half a billion dollars a year in waste levies collected from local councils

LGNSW says more that $1.36 billion worth of costs are shifted onto the local government sector each year.

A rate pegging decision by the NSW pricing regulator has dealt a body blow to struggling councils, LGNSW says.

Councils in NSW are rejoicing after the state government ordered a review of the local government rate peg.

The NSW government has accepted IPART’s rate peg methodology which takes population growth into account.

The NSW Productivity Commission says council rates should reflect population.