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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...
verityinyarraville
Mar 11, 20222 min read
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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...
verityinyarraville
Oct 19, 20211 min read
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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...
verityinyarraville
Oct 19, 20212 min read
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$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...
verityinyarraville
Oct 13, 20211 min read
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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...
verityinyarraville
Sep 28, 20212 min read
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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...
verityinyarraville
Sep 17, 20212 min read
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Which of These Services Deserve Your Taxes?
Councils are wasting rates hand over fist -and are expert at hiding it.
verityinyarraville
Oct 12, 20203 min read
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State's Sneaky Council Slush Fund
State Government forces Councils to deliver state services so ratepayers suffer while MPs play.
verityinyarraville
Oct 6, 20203 min read
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Is your Anger Rising with Your Rates?
10% Rate rises on a 0% Council budget increase show how broken Victoria's rate system is.
verityinyarraville
Sep 27, 20203 min read
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Maribyrnong's Mystery Million Dollar Major Projects Team
Major Projects Team missing in action
verityinyarraville
Sep 5, 20202 min read
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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
verityinyarraville
Aug 27, 20203 min read
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No Waivering on Rate Concessions in Maribyrnong
MCC omits crucial information on Covid relief application form
verityinyarraville
Aug 14, 20201 min read
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Homeless People Count in Councils
Councils pay to count the homeless for PR purposes.
authorised by Verity Webb P O Box 388 Yarraville 3013
verityinyarraville
Aug 14, 20202 min read
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700 People Benefit from Majority of Maribyrnong Rates
643 staff get 51% of rates revenue and 2.4% payrises regardless of Covid recession.
verityinyarraville
Jul 29, 20203 min read
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Maribyrnong City Council Governance Fail
Staff at Maribyrnong Council have presented a draft Governance Policy that ignores Ombudsman recommendations on transparency and is...
verityinyarraville
Jul 27, 20202 min read
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Councillor Indifference Trumps COVID Compassion in Maribyrnong
Insults and indifference instead of rate relief from Maribyrnong Councillors
verityinyarraville
Jul 10, 20203 min read
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Party Animals Fight for Council Power and Ignore Act’s Injustices
Party Animals fight for council seats..instead of council accountability
verityinyarraville
Jun 30, 20203 min read
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Confession of a Council Stooge: How I Created Budget Propaganda
I helped plan my Council's vision and became part of budget propaganda
verityinyarraville
May 25, 20203 min read
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Enemy MPs Unite to Keep Contracts Secret in Councils
Liberal MPs join Govt to keep council contracts secret from ratepayers
verityinyarraville
Apr 12, 20203 min read
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Local Government's Magic Misleading List
58 numbers used by Government to hoodwink ratepayers
verityinyarraville
Mar 31, 20203 min read
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