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Petersen defends region’s rate rise, scorns ‘whingers’
Former Gympie councillor Ian Petersen says people ‘whinging’ about Gympie region’s recent rate rise need to understand the facts.
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Since the check in app requirements have been introduced, business owner have raised many concerns in regards to counter staff being abused for requesting customers to comply.
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‘Dodgy’: Ex-mayor, residents thrash council rates hike
Readers have lashed the council’s new budget which featured the discount being slashed slashed in half and rates again rising, meaning residents can expect their final bill to be about 3.2 per cent higher this year, with former Mayor Mick Curran apparently weighing in too.
Gympie councillor says rates changes are ‘for the battlers’
“Going from the 10 to the 5 was for the battlers, the residents who never get to have the discount at all because they couldn’t manage to get the money paid on time.”
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Scattered rain makes drought relief work harder
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‘Ex-mayor has a hide to whinge about rate rise’
Former councillor Ian Petersen has fired back at criticism from former mayor Mick Curran over council’s latest rate hike, saying this council had new choice as the ousted council had the region’s rates ‘headed for the stratosphere’
Original URL: https://www.thechronicle.com.au/news/queensland/gympie/opinion/page/40