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Councillors Grab Double-Digit Payrises from Ratepayers

Mar 11, 20222 min read

Councillors Grab Double-Digit Payrises from Ratepayers

Councillors across Victoria have been awarded backdated payrises roughly seven times more than their local ratepayers in the inaugural...

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verityinyarraville

Oct 19, 20211 min read

Smelly Complaint Costs $3000

An internal disagreement over whether a Sunbury Road rubbish dump was being monitored daily or not has cost Hume ratepayers at least...

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Frankston Councillor Suspended Over Social Media Rates Rant

verityinyarraville

Oct 19, 20212 min read

Frankston Councillor Suspended Over Social Media Rates Rant

Frankston Councillor Steven Hughes has been suspended from Council for a month, partly due to social media posts comparing rates across...

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verityinyarraville

Oct 13, 20211 min read

$5,000 Bloody Moron

Wyndham Ratepayers have been charged $5900 for arbitration after a Councillor called another a bloody moron during a Council meeting. Cr...

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Councils continue lawless allocation of rate revenue

verityinyarraville

Sep 28, 20212 min read

Councils continue lawless allocation of rate revenue

Councils ignore the Local Government Act to deny financial assistance to individuals but need no legal authority to discount business...

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verityinyarraville

Sep 17, 20212 min read

Maribyrnong Mayor's Pot Dreams

Maribyrnong’s ALP Mayor Michael Clarke has convinced his fellow Councillors it would be a good idea for Council to consider growing...

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Which of These Services Deserve Your Taxes?

verityinyarraville

Oct 12, 20203 min read

Which of These Services Deserve Your Taxes?

Councils are wasting rates hand over fist -and are expert at hiding it.

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verityinyarraville

Oct 6, 20203 min read

State's Sneaky Council Slush Fund

State Government forces Councils to deliver state services so ratepayers suffer while MPs play.

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verityinyarraville

Sep 27, 20203 min read

Is your Anger Rising with Your Rates?

10% Rate rises on a 0% Council budget increase show how broken Victoria's rate system is.

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Maribyrnong's Mystery Million Dollar Major Projects Team

verityinyarraville

Sep 5, 20202 min read

Maribyrnong's Mystery Million Dollar Major Projects Team

Major Projects Team missing in action

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Councillors Use Financial Principles For Own Gain

verityinyarraville

Aug 27, 20203 min read

Councillors Use Financial Principles For Own Gain

Careful budgeting stops rate relief, but not staff costs or rising Councillor allowances. authorised by V Web bP O Box 388 Yarraville 3013

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No Waivering on Rate Concessions in Maribyrnong

verityinyarraville

Aug 14, 20201 min read

No Waivering on Rate Concessions in Maribyrnong

MCC omits crucial information on Covid relief application form

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verityinyarraville

Aug 14, 20202 min read

Homeless People Count in Councils

Councils pay to count the homeless for PR purposes. authorised by Verity Webb P O Box 388 Yarraville 3013

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700 People Benefit from Majority of Maribyrnong Rates

verityinyarraville

Jul 29, 20203 min read

700 People Benefit from Majority of Maribyrnong Rates

643 staff get 51% of rates revenue and 2.4% payrises regardless of Covid recession.

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Maribyrnong City Council Governance Fail

verityinyarraville

Jul 27, 20202 min read

Maribyrnong City Council Governance Fail

Staff at Maribyrnong Council have presented a draft Governance Policy that ignores Ombudsman recommendations on transparency and is...

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Councillor Indifference Trumps COVID Compassion in Maribyrnong

verityinyarraville

Jul 10, 20203 min read

Councillor Indifference Trumps COVID Compassion in Maribyrnong

Insults and indifference instead of rate relief from Maribyrnong Councillors

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Party Animals Fight for Council Power and Ignore Act’s Injustices

verityinyarraville

Jun 30, 20203 min read

Party Animals Fight for Council Power and Ignore Act’s Injustices

Party Animals fight for council seats..instead of council accountability

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Confession of a Council Stooge: How I Created Budget Propaganda

verityinyarraville

May 25, 20203 min read

Confession of a Council Stooge: How I Created Budget Propaganda

I helped plan my Council's vision and became part of budget propaganda

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Enemy MPs Unite to Keep Contracts Secret in Councils

verityinyarraville

Apr 12, 20203 min read

Enemy MPs Unite to Keep Contracts Secret in Councils

Liberal MPs join Govt to keep council contracts secret from ratepayers

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Local Government's Magic Misleading List

verityinyarraville

Mar 31, 20203 min read

Local Government's Magic Misleading List

58 numbers used by Government to hoodwink ratepayers

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