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had not even said where the funds raised would be going. “We don’t think it’s going to the Rural Fire Brigades,” she said. “We’re getting a lot of negative feedback from the community,” Cr Jamie MacKenzie said. “We need to be down in George Street to say we don’t think this is working very well.” Cr Mackenzie later said he would pay the levy “under duress” by the due date because in other cases council asked ratepayers to pay on time. They said the council was arbitrarily forced to collect the levy; weren’t adequately compensated for doing so; and was forced to introduce the new tax after rates notices had been issued. Councillors also said collecting the levy was consuming staff time without compensation and the State Government had made no provision for publicity explaining that councils were collecting the levy on behalf of the State Government. “The State Government should be collecting the levy themselves and not blurring the area between state and local government,” Cr Vic Pennisi said. They said the Government should compensate them a minimum of $50,000 for the costs of imposing payment. The $2.23 councils receive from the $45 levy doesn’t cover postage, councillors said. Continued page 2
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SOUTHERN Downs Deputy Mayor Ross Bartley will lead a revolt against the Queensland Government’s imposition of the new $45 Emergency Management, Fire and Rescue Levy. Cr Bartley said he would not be paying the levy and he urged others not to pay until the last moment. The legislation forces local governments to collect the levy, and councillors are objecting to being made tax collectors for the State Government. “I believe as a show of protest we should refuse to pay,” Cr Bartley said. “I’m not going to pay to send a clear message to the State Government that it’s an unfair method of collecting this levy. “If we sacrifice a little bit in interest and pay the levy just before our rates are due it will have no effect on our payment record.” An Urban Levy Scheme introduced in 1984 was expanded from 1 January 2014 to include all properties in the state. Councillors were scathing of the State Government’s performance, which they said had generated a great deal of public anger, most of which was being directed at councils. “It’s unfair...they think we’re imposing it,” Cr Denise Ingram said. Cr Ingram said the Government
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