Councillors Oppose Emergency Services Tax

Councillors oppose emergency services tax

MILDURA Rural City councillors unequivocally condemned the Victorian Government's new Emergency Services and Volunteers Fund at Thursday's council meeting. An urgent agenda motion to write to Premier Jacinta Allan was passed unanimously. The letter...

The message could not have been clearer: “Scrap the Tax” I Australian Rural & Regional News

Thousands rallied outside State Parliament to protest the Emergency Services and Volunteers Fund. Photo: Blake Lee Blake Lee, The Buloke Times Thousands of firefighters, farmers and regional Victorians rallied on the steps of State Parliament on Tuesday, May 20, protesting the newly passed Emergency Services and Volunteers Fund. The Allan government passed the Bill just before 2 a.m. last Friday morning after a marathon sitting of parliament, fo…

Repeal Emergency Services and Volunteers Fund tax - The Guardian

LAST week, the State Government passed a Bill, the Emergency Services and Volunteers Fund, which will increase state taxes, particularly in rural areas, and charge it through Swan Hill Rural City Council. There has been overwhelming rejection and...