Southern Free Times - 22nd October 2015

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Week commencing Thursday, 22 October | 2015 | Edition 802

Charity ride checks in

Rodeo brings the thrills

Billy cart fever

Casey’s ’s Spin on n sport

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Digging up the past

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A sight to behold. Eight Clydesdales pulling the cultivator in a demonstration was one of the many highlights from Sunday’s Heavy Horse Day at Yangan. The whole event is a throwback to when horses were the power of farming equipment and it was a day out for the whole family. For the full story, turn to page 10.

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Lots more rates ratepayers in the Southern Downs. “The Emergency Management Levy is imposed by the State Government to fund emergency services in Queensland and councils are required to collect this levy from ratepayers on behalf of the State Government,” he said. “Council would need to undertake an analysis of rateable properties to understand how the broader application of the Emergency Management Levy would impact on

ratepayers in the Southern Downs.” The Liberal National Party Government reformed the Urban Fire Levy to create the Emergency Management, Fire and Rescue Levy, which it introduced last year. It was met with a mixed reaction at the time. Now in opposition, Liberal National Party leader Lawrence Springborg said the changes made by the State Government were unfair. Continued on page 3

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SOUTHERN Downs Regional Council ratepayers face being slugged with higher rates notices after changes to the Emergency Management Levy (EML) in Queensland. Although the changes will not affect everyone, local ratepayers will not be happy to see any additional hikes to their rates with the State Government now ordering the en-

forcement of the new EML. The State Government’s introduction and enforcement of the amendments mean ratepayers in the state will be charged the levy based on the number of lots they own within a prescribed property as opposed to the former system where the EML was applied per property. Southern Downs Regional Council’s Mayor Peter Blundell said that council was still in the process of working out how it would affect

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