Ratepayers should not bear burden
Forum – When I began getting my rates notices, I noticed I was paying for non-existent storm water drainage. I went to the Council and they said “Oh that’s for…
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Second survey has a no rate rise option
Central Coast Council has issued a second survey about rate rise options following strong community feedback that there was no option in the first survey to express opposition to any…
How to vote when both options are objectionable?
Forum – I am objecting to the proposal (re a rate rise) as described in the letter to residents circulated in January 2021. Firstly, I found the letter patronising in…
No taxation without representation
Forum – No taxation without representation is one of the most powerful slogans in history. Yet, here on the Central Coast, an unelected and unaccountable administrator is seeking to impose…
Ratepayer anger over prospective rate rise
Central Coast Council is facing the brunt of ratepayer anger over its plans to institute either a 10 per cent or 15 per cent rate rise from next year. A…
Ratepayers respond to rate rise options
Ratepayers and residents are speaking up with their ideas on how Central Coast Council should manage its financial debt. Council invited people to take a survey on Council’s suggestions of…
Which rate rise is ‘a conversation that our community has to have’
Central Coast Council is opening community consultation about the rate rise options to give residents a chance to have their say. Council has notified the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal…
Rate rise survey a cheap tactic
Forum – Central Coast Council has asked local residents to take part in community consultation in regards to the upcoming rate rise proposed to help alleviate some of the financial…
‘The last thing we need’ – Peninsula Chamber
Peninsula Chamber of Commerce says a rate rise is “the last thing” the Coast needs, as Central Coast Council invites residents to have their say on a proposed rise of…
Consultation underway on a rate rise
Central Coast Council has commenced a formal community consultation for their proposed rate rise of between 10-15% to cover the repayment of restricted funds accessed over the last several years….
Why should ratepayers foot the bill?
[FORUM] Central Coast Council Administrator Dick Persson is over ambitious to hike our rates up by 15 per cent; a $565M debt is going to take years to clear. I…
Rate rise has now risen to a proposed 15 percent
About two dozen people outside Wyong Chambers protesting about a rate rise were the first to hear the news, and it wasn’t good, that the proposed rate rise of 10…
Armidale shows solidarity with Coast ratepayers
Irate Armidale residents have offered support to the Central Coast, setting up a Facebook page for Coasties to campaign – like Armidale – against a rate rise. The Facebook page…
Labor opposes Council rates rise
Federal and State Labor MPs on the Central Coast have vowed to oppose any attempt to introduce a 10 per cent rate increase for residents, as mooted in a motion…
All Labor politicians to oppose an “amalgamation tax”
Local Labor State and Federal MPs and Senators have vowed to oppose any attempt to introduce a 10 percent rate rise by Central Coast Council, calling it an “amalgamation tax”….
Rate rise on the cards
Central Coast Council held a special meeting on November 26 to give itself permission to apply for a rate rise, even though the Council hasn’t decided as yet if it…