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Thursday, Feb 27, 2020
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YES. OUR RATES ARE TOO HIGH DOMINIC MOBBS We have all recently received from the Cassowary Coast Regional Council (CCRC) our rates notice accompanied by a leaflet titled, “Your Rates Dollars: How They Work For You”. It is useful that Council provides this extra information, but how much of it is slanted to excuse our high level of rates? The leaflet includes sections implying that here on the Cassowary Coast we pay higher rates because we have a smaller rate base and population density than Cairns, Townsville and Brisbane, plus higher road maintenance. The message is that the high rates we pay are not the fault of our Council and the rates are
reasonable because there are mitigating circumstances. The problem, we are told, is that councils with lower populations and lower rate bases cannot achieve the lower rate levels of larger cities. The Council leaflet states, “Our rate base is smaller compared to other Councils, which is why we pay more for services and infrastructure.” On the face of it, this seems logical. But really how relevant are comparisons with major cities like Cairns and Brisbane? Would it not be more appropriate to compare CCRC with similar sized nearby and coastal based councils in NQ? CCIN took up the challenge and the results are revealing.
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