State rates system ‘turning us against each other’

Allan Murphy

VICTORIA’S “inequitable rating system” is turning Mildura ratepayers against each other, councillors fear. Mildura councillors were this week split five/four in agreeing to increase rates paid by farmers and businesses while saving residential ratepayers on their annual rates bill. In a long and robust debate on Thursday night, councillors did agree that getting governments to […]

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