You Can’t Afford This – And They Know It

Nation First looks into local government jacking up rates beyond the level of affordability.

Dear friend,

A 25% council rate hike. That’s not a typo. That’s not an exaggeration. That’s North Burnett Regional Council’s idea of “governing.” In Australia, rates are what they call local government taxes, which, bizarrely, are based on property values. And a 25% tax hike is what they just shoved down the throats of 10,500 Aussies who live in the Nort…