Call for change to pensioner concessions

Mildura MP Jade Benham has said pensioners should get a bigger concession for council rates. Picture: File
Lochlainn Heley

PENSIONERS are overwhelmed by the strain of growing council rates Mildura MP Jade Benham has said. While speaking in Parliament recently, Ms Benham called on the Victorian Minister for Local Government, Nick Staikos, to review the static pensioner concessions on council rates. Currently, the concessions for council rates is set at a maximum of $266 […]

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