UPDATE 15 AUGUST 2020: RoPP campaign successful in delaying new Bin Tax
We are pleased to see that the Bin Tax will not be introduced this financial year, according to Port Phillip’s updated web page.
Thanks to all for your help with our Bin Tax campaign!
The best way to ensure your rates are reduced to be in line with neighbouring councils, is to vote for a RoPP endorsed candidate at the upcoming October election. We will be releasing the exciting news about our endorsed candidates soon, so stay tuned.
- At the 4th December 2019 Council meeting, a “Waste and Amenity levy” was proposed to address the waste crisis, forecasted to add $64 million over the next 10 years to Council’s “rate cap challenge”. RoPP spoke at that meeting in opposition to the new Tax, unless the Council could provide more information.
- We finally received a written response from the CEO on July 2nd 2020, confirming that Council were considering options of how to fund the Bin Tax, including the levy being additional to existing rates.
- Our poster and leaflet campaign to stop the Bin Tax commenced on 30th July 2020.
- Council’s website still detailed the impending Bin Tax. Now those details have been removed, replaced instead with a statement about the deferral.
- Why would Council remove the details from their website? As of writing this, the minutes of the 4th December 2019 Council meeting where the Bin Tax was voted on, are also no longer available on their website. Further, we have discovered that almost 20 years of Council meeting agendas & minutes have been removed in the last week.
- Please refer to the end of this webpage for details of the Essential Services Commission’s role in waste levies.
The facts and our transparency speak for themselves. The Council’s backdown on a new Bin Tax shows that our campaign has had an impact. Council have rightly recognised the harshness of introducing a new tax on top of the burden of existing rates, in a time of economic crisis.
Port Phillip Council is one of the highest spending councils in the state and are now proposing to introduce an additional Waste and Amenity levy on top of the exorbitant rates you already pay.
See https://ropp.org.au/fact-check-how-high-are-port-phillip-rates-compared-to-neighbouring-councils/
So in addition to a 2% increase to total rates collected this year (the maximum allowable under the State government’s rate cap system), you would have to pay a levy for ‘Waste and Amenity’, “A BIN TAX” on this fundamental service. This would severely impact both ratepayers and residents at a time when many have lost their livelihoods, incomes and ability to pay.
Council claims that the reason they need to charge a new levy is because waste costs are rising at a greater pace than inflation. There are two issues with this:
1. Waste management, a core service of council, only accounts for 5.3% of the Port Phillip budget[1], meaning that even if this component increased by 10% per year, the effect on the overall budget would only be around 1-1.2%, well within the 2% rate cap.
2. Competent management should be able to absorb this fundamental service easily, by forecasting these cost issues and re-prioritising their budget accordingly. Instead, the majority of the 2% increase in general rates will go towards wage rises for staff, which council has stubbornly refused to address (or even acknowledge).
Council wants to take the easy way out yet again, by charging ratepayers a new BIN TAX instead of doing the hard work necessary to manage the budget.
The waste and amenity levy (BIN TAX) would sit outside the 2% annual rate cap imposed by the Essential Services Commission. This gives council the option to increase the levy by whatever amount it wishes, and you can be sure it will – council will use the levy to fund its inability to manage its own budget. Council describes this inability to live within their own means the ‘rate capping challenge’.
IT’S A NEW TAX ON TOP OF YOUR EXISTING RATES
Councillors did not want to be held accountable at the ballot box for introducing a new tax this year, so have deferred its introduction until after the election. We are here to highlight the issue so that you have the chance to stop council by voting for an independent candidate that will vote against the BIN TAX and hold the council to account. Keep an eye on our website for an independent review of candidates running in the October election.
We say:
1. ROPP does not support the introduction of a Waste and Amenity Levy in addition to the burden of existing rates. Council need to get the budget under control instead of taking the easy way out: a new Bin Tax
2. Now is not the time to impose new taxes on a struggling economy. It’s not fair and it needs to be stopped.
Essential Services Commission’s role in waste levies
Council can levy a new charge in addition to existing rates, just like two councils did in 2018-19. This is subject to the oversight of the Essential Services Commission, however Councils retain full autonomy to introduce new charges. Council can opt to introduce a waste levy in a revenue neutral way, reducing general rates by the same amount that the new levy raises. This is what Maribyrnong did in 2019-20.
As Port Phillip Council said themselves on the now removed ‘waste challenges’ webpage :
“Council is also considering a proposal to introduce a waste and amenity levy, which would be a payment separate to Council rates to cover some, or all, of the costs incurred by council to deliver waste, recycling and cleansing services. This would enable Council to set a service rate or charge (levy) that’s in line with the true cost of the service.
UPDATE 15 AUGUST 2020: RoPP campaign successful in delaying new Bin Tax
We are pleased to see that the Bin Tax will not be introduced this financial year, according to Port Phillip’s updated web page.
Thanks to all for your help with our Bin Tax campaign!
The best way to ensure your rates are reduced to be in line with neighbouring councils, is to vote for a RoPP endorsed candidate at the upcoming October election. We will be releasing the exciting news about our endorsed candidates soon, so stay tuned.
- At the 4th December 2019 Council meeting, a “Waste and Amenity levy” was proposed to address the waste crisis, forecasted to add $64 million over the next 10 years to Council’s “rate cap challenge”. RoPP spoke at that meeting in opposition to the new Tax, unless the Council could provide more information.
- We finally received a written response from the CEO on July 2nd 2020, confirming that Council were considering options of how to fund the Bin Tax, including the levy being additional to existing rates.
- Our poster and leaflet campaign to stop the Bin Tax commenced on 30th July 2020.
- Council’s website still detailed the impending Bin Tax. Now those details have been removed, replaced instead with a statement about the deferral.
- Why would Council remove the details from their website? As of writing this, the minutes of the 4th December 2019 Council meeting where the Bin Tax was voted on, are also no longer available on their website. Further, we have discovered that almost 20 years of Council meeting agendas & minutes have been removed in the last week.
- Please refer to the end of this webpage for details of the Essential Services Commission’s role in waste levies.
The facts and our transparency speak for themselves. The Council’s backdown on a new Bin Tax shows that our campaign has had an impact. Council have rightly recognised the harshness of introducing a new tax on top of the burden of existing rates, in a time of economic crisis.
Port Phillip Council is one of the highest spending councils in the state and are now proposing to introduce an additional Waste and Amenity levy on top of the exorbitant rates you already pay.
See https://ropp.org.au/fact-check-how-high-are-port-phillip-rates-compared-to-neighbouring-councils/
So in addition to a 2% increase to total rates collected this year (the maximum allowable under the State government’s rate cap system), you would have to pay a levy for ‘Waste and Amenity’, “A BIN TAX” on this fundamental service. This would severely impact both ratepayers and residents at a time when many have lost their livelihoods, incomes and ability to pay.
Council claims that the reason they need to charge a new levy is because waste costs are rising at a greater pace than inflation. There are two issues with this:
1. Waste management, a core service of council, only accounts for 5.3% of the Port Phillip budget[1], meaning that even if this component increased by 10% per year, the effect on the overall budget would only be around 1-1.2%, well within the 2% rate cap.
2. Competent management should be able to absorb this fundamental service easily, by forecasting these cost issues and re-prioritising their budget accordingly. Instead, the majority of the 2% increase in general rates will go towards wage rises for staff, which council has stubbornly refused to address (or even acknowledge).
Council wants to take the easy way out yet again, by charging ratepayers a new BIN TAX instead of doing the hard work necessary to manage the budget.
The waste and amenity levy (BIN TAX) would sit outside the 2% annual rate cap imposed by the Essential Services Commission. This gives council the option to increase the levy by whatever amount it wishes, and you can be sure it will – council will use the levy to fund its inability to manage its own budget. Council describes this inability to live within their own means the ‘rate capping challenge’.
IT’S A NEW TAX ON TOP OF YOUR EXISTING RATES
Councillors did not want to be held accountable at the ballot box for introducing a new tax this year, so have deferred its introduction until after the election. We are here to highlight the issue so that you have the chance to stop council by voting for an independent candidate that will vote against the BIN TAX and hold the council to account. Keep an eye on our website for an independent review of candidates running in the October election.
We say:
1. ROPP does not support the introduction of a Waste and Amenity Levy in addition to the burden of existing rates. Council need to get the budget under control instead of taking the easy way out: a new Bin Tax
2. Now is not the time to impose new taxes on a struggling economy. It’s not fair and it needs to be stopped.
Essential Services Commission’s role in waste levies
Council can levy a new charge in addition to existing rates, just like two councils did in 2018-19. This is subject to the oversight of the Essential Services Commission, however Councils retain full autonomy to introduce new charges. Council can opt to introduce a waste levy in a revenue neutral way, reducing general rates by the same amount that the new levy raises. This is what Maribyrnong did in 2019-20.
As Port Phillip Council said themselves on the now removed ‘waste challenges’ webpage :
“Council is also considering a proposal to introduce a waste and amenity levy, which would be a payment separate to Council rates to cover some, or all, of the costs incurred by council to deliver waste, recycling and cleansing services. This would enable Council to set a service rate or charge (levy) that’s in line with the true cost of the service.
UPDATE 15 AUGUST 2020: RoPP campaign successful in delaying new Bin Tax
We are pleased to see that the Bin Tax will not be introduced this financial year, according to Port Phillip’s updated web page.
Thanks to all for your help with our Bin Tax campaign!
The best way to ensure your rates are reduced to be in line with neighbouring councils, is to vote for a RoPP endorsed candidate at the upcoming October election. We will be releasing the exciting news about our endorsed candidates soon, so stay tuned.
- At the 4th December 2019 Council meeting, a “Waste and Amenity levy” was proposed to address the waste crisis, forecasted to add $64 million over the next 10 years to Council’s “rate cap challenge”. RoPP spoke at that meeting in opposition to the new Tax, unless the Council could provide more information.
- We finally received a written response from the CEO on July 2nd 2020, confirming that Council were considering options of how to fund the Bin Tax, including the levy being additional to existing rates.
- Our poster and leaflet campaign to stop the Bin Tax commenced on 30th July 2020.
- Council’s website still detailed the impending Bin Tax. Now those details have been removed, replaced instead with a statement about the deferral.
- Why would Council remove the details from their website? As of writing this, the minutes of the 4th December 2019 Council meeting where the Bin Tax was voted on, are also no longer available on their website. Further, we have discovered that almost 20 years of Council meeting agendas & minutes have been removed in the last week.
- Please refer to the end of this webpage for details of the Essential Services Commission’s role in waste levies.
The facts and our transparency speak for themselves. The Council’s backdown on a new Bin Tax shows that our campaign has had an impact. Council have rightly recognised the harshness of introducing a new tax on top of the burden of existing rates, in a time of economic crisis.
Port Phillip Council is one of the highest spending councils in the state and are now proposing to introduce an additional Waste and Amenity levy on top of the exorbitant rates you already pay.
See https://ropp.org.au/fact-check-how-high-are-port-phillip-rates-compared-to-neighbouring-councils/
So in addition to a 2% increase to total rates collected this year (the maximum allowable under the State government’s rate cap system), you would have to pay a levy for ‘Waste and Amenity’, “A BIN TAX” on this fundamental service. This would severely impact both ratepayers and residents at a time when many have lost their livelihoods, incomes and ability to pay.
Council claims that the reason they need to charge a new levy is because waste costs are rising at a greater pace than inflation. There are two issues with this:
1. Waste management, a core service of council, only accounts for 5.3% of the Port Phillip budget[1], meaning that even if this component increased by 10% per year, the effect on the overall budget would only be around 1-1.2%, well within the 2% rate cap.
2. Competent management should be able to absorb this fundamental service easily, by forecasting these cost issues and re-prioritising their budget accordingly. Instead, the majority of the 2% increase in general rates will go towards wage rises for staff, which council has stubbornly refused to address (or even acknowledge).
Council wants to take the easy way out yet again, by charging ratepayers a new BIN TAX instead of doing the hard work necessary to manage the budget.
The waste and amenity levy (BIN TAX) would sit outside the 2% annual rate cap imposed by the Essential Services Commission. This gives council the option to increase the levy by whatever amount it wishes, and you can be sure it will – council will use the levy to fund its inability to manage its own budget. Council describes this inability to live within their own means the ‘rate capping challenge’.
IT’S A NEW TAX ON TOP OF YOUR EXISTING RATES
Councillors did not want to be held accountable at the ballot box for introducing a new tax this year, so have deferred its introduction until after the election. We are here to highlight the issue so that you have the chance to stop council by voting for an independent candidate that will vote against the BIN TAX and hold the council to account. Keep an eye on our website for an independent review of candidates running in the October election.
We say:
1. ROPP does not support the introduction of a Waste and Amenity Levy in addition to the burden of existing rates. Council need to get the budget under control instead of taking the easy way out: a new Bin Tax
2. Now is not the time to impose new taxes on a struggling economy. It’s not fair and it needs to be stopped.
Essential Services Commission’s role in waste levies
Council can levy a new charge in addition to existing rates, just like two councils did in 2018-19. This is subject to the oversight of the Essential Services Commission, however Councils retain full autonomy to introduce new charges. Council can opt to introduce a waste levy in a revenue neutral way, reducing general rates by the same amount that the new levy raises. This is what Maribyrnong did in 2019-20.
As Port Phillip Council said themselves on the now removed ‘waste challenges’ webpage :
“Council is also considering a proposal to introduce a waste and amenity levy, which would be a payment separate to Council rates to cover some, or all, of the costs incurred by council to deliver waste, recycling and cleansing services. This would enable Council to set a service rate or charge (levy) that’s in line with the true cost of the service.
- A pesar de los costos adicionales, cada año vemos una disminución de los servicios en el municipio.
- Menor disponibilidad de estacionamiento
- Tarifas de estacionamiento y multas más caras
- Las franjas comerciales se convierten en zonas muertas
- Un aumento de las personas sin hogar y afectados por las drogas en las calles
- Representar a la comunidad
- Promover la responsabilidad fiscal y
- Los fondos del contribuyente a la vista se utilizan para servicios y comodidades del Ayuntamiento local.
- sostenible desde un punto de vista financiero, para que los residentes de todos los medios puedan seguir viviendo en nuestra gran comunidad
- y que mejoran la habitabilidad de nuestro suburbio
- representar a la comunidad
- promover la responsabilidad fiscal y
- Exigir que los valiosos fondos de los contribuyentes se utilicen para los asuntos del consejo local.
Nosotros decimos: reduzca las tasas para las personas mayores, no los obligue a abandonar sus hogares oa endeudarse.
Hay muchos residentes en Port Phillip, como Tanya*, que se enfrentan a la pesadilla de que el Ayuntamiento les exija tarifas exorbitantes sabiendo que con un pequeño ingreso fijo o una pensión nunca podrán pagar. En la mayoría de los casos, estos residentes son simplemente víctimas inocentes de los ayuntamientos que gastan demasiado y de tarifas inasequibles.
Como ejemplo, en 1983, cuando Adrian compró su primera casa en Middle Park, las tarifas eran de $500 por año. Ahora son $5000 pero el nivel de servicios no ha aumentado sustancialmente. La solución del ayuntamiento para estos residentes en apuros es hipotecar inversamente su propiedad al ayuntamiento o venderla y mudarse a otro lugar. El consejo entonces tiene una advertencia sobre sus hogares.
La miserable 'ayuda' del consejo brinda a los que tienen una tarjeta de pensión
Muchos residentes jubilados de Port Phillip son incondicionales de sus comunidades. Muchos nacieron y se criaron en las áreas en las que ahora viven y están orgullosos de llamar hogar a nuestros suburbios. Cuando el ayuntamiento aumenta implacablemente las tasas a niveles que no se ven en otras partes de Melbourne, se deben hacer preguntas sobre la equidad de un sistema de tasas que obliga a las personas mayores a hipotecar sus casas de forma inversa.
El alto nivel actual de las tasas de Port Phillip está agregando un estrés innecesario a nuestros ciudadanos de la tercera edad en un año ya de por sí estresante. Solo quieren vivir tranquilamente sus vidas, con sus ingresos fijos, en los hogares en los que criaron a sus familias.
DECIMOS: no debemos tolerar este trato atroz de nuestros ciudadanos de la tercera edad y exigimos que se reduzcan las tarifas para los ancianos. El Concejo gasta millones cada año en proyectos frívolos inspirados ideológicamente que desperdician millones de nuestros dólares y solo aumentan la presión para aquellos que están jubilados. Con casi el 42 % de todos los ingresos del Concejo gastados en emplear entre 800 y 900 servidores públicos del Concejo, muchos más que los concejos vecinos, una de las razones de nuestras altas tarifas es evidente. Muchos parecen existir para escribir informes interminablemente y no están directamente involucrados en la prestación de servicios. Esta es una burocracia egoísta masiva que tiene mucho espacio para la eficiencia y la productividad mejorada para que podamos cuidar mejor a las personas vulnerables en nuestra comunidad. La verdadera caridad debe comenzar con nuestros contribuyentes ancianos que son residentes a largo plazo de la ciudad de Port Phillip.
Vergüenza para nuestros Concejales y nuestro Concejo por endeudar a nuestros residentes.
*La historia de Tanya es real y se repite en todo Port Phillip, pero su nombre y rostro han sido cambiados para proteger su identidad. El Consejo brinda a los jubilados la opción de diferir el pago de sus tasas hasta que se vendan sus propiedades, momento en el cual cobran las tasas impagas más un interés del 5 % anual, lo que es efectivamente una hipoteca inversa.
El Consejo ha publicado su Borrador de Presupuesto 2021-22 para consulta comunitaria. Si está preocupado por el plan del Concejo de aumentar las tarifas una vez más y aún no lo ha hecho, comuníquese con los siguientes Concejales y pídales que no aumenten las tarifas en el Presupuesto 2021-22 cuando voten sobre la moción el 23 de junio.
- Cr Baxter
Tim.Baxter@portphillip.vic.gov.au
0466 495 250 - Cr Copsey
Katherine.Copsey@portphillip.vic.gov.au
0466 478 949 - Alcalde Crawford
Louise.Crawford@portphillip.vic.gov.au
0466 514 643 - Cr Cunsolo
Heather.Cunsolo@portphillip.vic.gov.au
0466 227014 - Cr Martin
Peter.Martin@portphillip.vic.gov.au
0435 390 821
Solo cuatro concejales han declarado públicamente que apoyan una congelación de tarifas. Ellos son:
- Cr Bond
Andrew.Bond@portphillip.vic.gov.au
0481034028 - Cr Clarke
Rhonda.Clark@portphillip.vic.gov.au
0435 098 738 - Cr Pearl
Marcus.Pearl@portphillip.vic.gov.au
0466 448 272 - Cr Sirakoff
Christina.Sirakoff@portphillip.vic.gov.au
0435 419 930
¿Que mas deberias saber?
Creemos que el Ayuntamiento debe volverse más eficiente en la prestación de servicios a nuestra comunidad. El Consejo nos dice que una congelación de tarifas significa que se deben recortar los servicios, pero nosotros decimos que el Consejo no necesita preparar informes que nadie quiera o lea. Escribir un informe de 200 o 300 páginas que nadie lee no es un servicio. Si los concejales votan a favor de una congelación de tarifas, el director ejecutivo y su equipo deberán identificar eficiencias en lugar de recortar los servicios. El Ayuntamiento de Port Phillip niega que haya un problema de tarifas en Port Phillip, pero los contribuyentes son dolorosamente conscientes de que están pagando el doble, el triple o más de las tarifas pagadas por propiedades de valor similar en los ayuntamientos vecinos. El ayuntamiento usa tarifas promedio para comparar Port Phillip con otros ayuntamientos, pero las tarifas promedio son engañosas y engañosas porque tenemos una proporción mucho más alta de unidades / apartamentos a casas y eso se inclina al promedio hacia un número más bajo.
Consulte la verificación de hechos en https://ropp.org.au/fact-check-how-high-are-port-phillip-rates-compared-to-neighbouring-councils/
UPDATE 15 AUGUST 2020: RoPP campaign successful in delaying new Bin Tax
We are pleased to see that the Bin Tax will not be introduced this financial year, according to Port Phillip’s updated web page.
Thanks to all for your help with our Bin Tax campaign!
The best way to ensure your rates are reduced to be in line with neighbouring councils, is to vote for a RoPP endorsed candidate at the upcoming October election. We will be releasing the exciting news about our endorsed candidates soon, so stay tuned.
- At the 4th December 2019 Council meeting, a “Waste and Amenity levy” was proposed to address the waste crisis, forecasted to add $64 million over the next 10 years to Council’s “rate cap challenge”. RoPP spoke at that meeting in opposition to the new Tax, unless the Council could provide more information.
- We finally received a written response from the CEO on July 2nd 2020, confirming that Council were considering options of how to fund the Bin Tax, including the levy being additional to existing rates.
- Our poster and leaflet campaign to stop the Bin Tax commenced on 30th July 2020.
- Council’s website still detailed the impending Bin Tax. Now those details have been removed, replaced instead with a statement about the deferral.
- Why would Council remove the details from their website? As of writing this, the minutes of the 4th December 2019 Council meeting where the Bin Tax was voted on, are also no longer available on their website. Further, we have discovered that almost 20 years of Council meeting agendas & minutes have been removed in the last week.
- Please refer to the end of this webpage for details of the Essential Services Commission’s role in waste levies.
The facts and our transparency speak for themselves. The Council’s backdown on a new Bin Tax shows that our campaign has had an impact. Council have rightly recognised the harshness of introducing a new tax on top of the burden of existing rates, in a time of economic crisis.
Port Phillip Council is one of the highest spending councils in the state and are now proposing to introduce an additional Waste and Amenity levy on top of the exorbitant rates you already pay.
See https://ropp.org.au/fact-check-how-high-are-port-phillip-rates-compared-to-neighbouring-councils/
So in addition to a 2% increase to total rates collected this year (the maximum allowable under the State government’s rate cap system), you would have to pay a levy for ‘Waste and Amenity’, “A BIN TAX” on this fundamental service. This would severely impact both ratepayers and residents at a time when many have lost their livelihoods, incomes and ability to pay.
Council claims that the reason they need to charge a new levy is because waste costs are rising at a greater pace than inflation. There are two issues with this:
1. Waste management, a core service of council, only accounts for 5.3% of the Port Phillip budget[1], meaning that even if this component increased by 10% per year, the effect on the overall budget would only be around 1-1.2%, well within the 2% rate cap.
2. Competent management should be able to absorb this fundamental service easily, by forecasting these cost issues and re-prioritising their budget accordingly. Instead, the majority of the 2% increase in general rates will go towards wage rises for staff, which council has stubbornly refused to address (or even acknowledge).
Council wants to take the easy way out yet again, by charging ratepayers a new BIN TAX instead of doing the hard work necessary to manage the budget.
The waste and amenity levy (BIN TAX) would sit outside the 2% annual rate cap imposed by the Essential Services Commission. This gives council the option to increase the levy by whatever amount it wishes, and you can be sure it will – council will use the levy to fund its inability to manage its own budget. Council describes this inability to live within their own means the ‘rate capping challenge’.
IT’S A NEW TAX ON TOP OF YOUR EXISTING RATES
Councillors did not want to be held accountable at the ballot box for introducing a new tax this year, so have deferred its introduction until after the election. We are here to highlight the issue so that you have the chance to stop council by voting for an independent candidate that will vote against the BIN TAX and hold the council to account. Keep an eye on our website for an independent review of candidates running in the October election.
We say:
1. ROPP does not support the introduction of a Waste and Amenity Levy in addition to the burden of existing rates. Council need to get the budget under control instead of taking the easy way out: a new Bin Tax
2. Now is not the time to impose new taxes on a struggling economy. It’s not fair and it needs to be stopped.
Essential Services Commission’s role in waste levies
Council can levy a new charge in addition to existing rates, just like two councils did in 2018-19. This is subject to the oversight of the Essential Services Commission, however Councils retain full autonomy to introduce new charges. Council can opt to introduce a waste levy in a revenue neutral way, reducing general rates by the same amount that the new levy raises. This is what Maribyrnong did in 2019-20.
As Port Phillip Council said themselves on the now removed ‘waste challenges’ webpage :
“Council is also considering a proposal to introduce a waste and amenity levy, which would be a payment separate to Council rates to cover some, or all, of the costs incurred by council to deliver waste, recycling and cleansing services. This would enable Council to set a service rate or charge (levy) that’s in line with the true cost of the service.
Gasworks Arts Park cuenta con dieciséis artistas visuales residentes y un pequeño equipo de personal profesional que trabaja para presentar un programa anual de festivales y eventos, incluidas temporadas con algunos de los festivales de arte destacados de Melbourne, mercados de agricultores, clases y talleres, oportunidades creativas y de desarrollo profesional para artistas, programación infantil y más. Además, cada año se presentan en el lugar más de 200 eventos de artes escénicas y 30 exhibiciones de artes visuales.
Gasworks está situada en Albert Park, Melbourne, en el sitio de la antigua planta de gas de South Melbourne. Está a tres kilómetros del CBD y el recinto alberga cuatro hectáreas de parque, dos teatros, tres espacios de galería, una cafetería, así como espacios para funciones y talleres.
Whats On https://www.gasworks.org.au/whats-on
Referencia de mapa de Google: -37.843317, 144.946260
Regularmente buscan solicitudes de artistas y curadores para postularse para exposiciones grupales o individuales y dan preferencia a los artistas y curadores que viven y trabajan en la ciudad de Port Phillip.
"La tierra donde ahora se encuentra Linden New Art fue comprada en 1870 por el inmigrante judío Moritz Michaelis (1820-1902). La mansión victoriana fue construida en 1871 por el notable arquitecto Alfred Friedrich Kursteiner (1829-1897) y los jardines circundantes fueron diseñados por paisajista y botánico, William Guilfoyle (1840-1912), quien también diseñó el famoso Jardín Botánico Real de Melbourne. Michaelis nombró a la casa Linden que significa 'Lime Tree' en alemán ". - https://www.lindenarts.org/about-us/
"No somos solo atletas. Somos personas al fin y al cabo, y a veces hay que dar un paso atrás", dijo la gimnasta estadounidense Simone Biles este martes al abandonar la arena de los Juegos Olímpicos de Tokio.
Este miércoles, Biles también renunció a competir en la primera final individual de gimnasia artística en Tokyo 2020, que se disputa el jueves.
Aún no ha confirmado si participará los próximos días en las otras finales a las que se clasificó en Tokio: de salto y barras asimétricas (el domingo 1 de agosto), solitario (el lunes 2) y viga de equilibrio (el martes 30).
A pesar de que no todo el mundo tiene la visibilidad de Biles o vive bajo la presión a la que están sometidos los atletas en la competición más importante del mundo, el gesto de la deportista puede servir de lección y reflexión para todos, según especialistas en salud mental entrevistados por BBC News Brasil.
"Hoy se habla más de salud mental en los deportes, la música, la educación... y el hecho de que se discuta desmitifica el tema", dice la psiquiatra clínica Lívia Castelo Branco.
Whats On https://www.theatreworks.org.au/now-playing/2021-season-program/
Google Map Ref: -37.86419612298049, 144.9760729411019
Heather Cunsolo 0466227014
Heather.Cunsolo@portphillip.vic.gov.au
Katherine Copsey 0466 478 949
Katherine.Copsey@portphillip.vic.gov.au
Peter Martin 0435 390821
Peter.Martin@portphillip.vic.gov.au
Louise Crawford 0466 514 643
Louise.Crawford@portphillip.vic.gov.au
Tim Baxter 0466 495250
Tim.Baxter@portphillip.vic.gov.au
Cinco concejales desconectados (Cunsolo, Baxter, Copsey, Martin y Crawford) mostraron indiferencia hacia los residentes y contribuyentes.
Cinco concejales : votaron en contra de un congelamiento de tasas durante estos tiempos difíciles de Covid. El costo para hacer esto fue de solo $ 1,98 millones.
Cinco concejales : rechazaron una congelación de tarifas, a pesar de que el consejo pronosticó un superávit en efectivo de $ 4.4 millones más $ 2.3 millones de nuevas propiedades.
Cinco concejales : luego aumentaron el gasto en $ 1.35 millones en folletos y proyectos favoritos para grupos minoritarios, lo que proporcionó poco para toda la comunidad.
DECIMOS
Mantenga la política fuera de Port Phillip. Los residentes obtienen muy poco por las exorbitantes tarifas que pagamos. Es hora de señalar con el dedo a los concejales que están aumentando nuestras tarifas, malgastando dinero y trabajando en contra de los intereses de los residentes y contribuyentes. Si estos Cinco Consejeros no pueden votar por una congelación de tarifas durante COVID, ¿cuándo lo harán?
UPDATE 15 AUGUST 2020: RoPP campaign successful in delaying new Bin Tax
We are pleased to see that the Bin Tax will not be introduced this financial year, according to Port Phillip’s updated web page.
Thanks to all for your help with our Bin Tax campaign!
The best way to ensure your rates are reduced to be in line with neighbouring councils, is to vote for a RoPP endorsed candidate at the upcoming October election. We will be releasing the exciting news about our endorsed candidates soon, so stay tuned.
- At the 4th December 2019 Council meeting, a “Waste and Amenity levy” was proposed to address the waste crisis, forecasted to add $64 million over the next 10 years to Council’s “rate cap challenge”. RoPP spoke at that meeting in opposition to the new Tax, unless the Council could provide more information.
- We finally received a written response from the CEO on July 2nd 2020, confirming that Council were considering options of how to fund the Bin Tax, including the levy being additional to existing rates.
- Our poster and leaflet campaign to stop the Bin Tax commenced on 30th July 2020.
- Council’s website still detailed the impending Bin Tax. Now those details have been removed, replaced instead with a statement about the deferral.
- Why would Council remove the details from their website? As of writing this, the minutes of the 4th December 2019 Council meeting where the Bin Tax was voted on, are also no longer available on their website. Further, we have discovered that almost 20 years of Council meeting agendas & minutes have been removed in the last week.
- Please refer to the end of this webpage for details of the Essential Services Commission’s role in waste levies.
The facts and our transparency speak for themselves. The Council’s backdown on a new Bin Tax shows that our campaign has had an impact. Council have rightly recognised the harshness of introducing a new tax on top of the burden of existing rates, in a time of economic crisis.
Port Phillip Council is one of the highest spending councils in the state and are now proposing to introduce an additional Waste and Amenity levy on top of the exorbitant rates you already pay.
See https://ropp.org.au/fact-check-how-high-are-port-phillip-rates-compared-to-neighbouring-councils/
So in addition to a 2% increase to total rates collected this year (the maximum allowable under the State government’s rate cap system), you would have to pay a levy for ‘Waste and Amenity’, “A BIN TAX” on this fundamental service. This would severely impact both ratepayers and residents at a time when many have lost their livelihoods, incomes and ability to pay.
Council claims that the reason they need to charge a new levy is because waste costs are rising at a greater pace than inflation. There are two issues with this:
1. Waste management, a core service of council, only accounts for 5.3% of the Port Phillip budget[1], meaning that even if this component increased by 10% per year, the effect on the overall budget would only be around 1-1.2%, well within the 2% rate cap.
2. Competent management should be able to absorb this fundamental service easily, by forecasting these cost issues and re-prioritising their budget accordingly. Instead, the majority of the 2% increase in general rates will go towards wage rises for staff, which council has stubbornly refused to address (or even acknowledge).
Council wants to take the easy way out yet again, by charging ratepayers a new BIN TAX instead of doing the hard work necessary to manage the budget.
The waste and amenity levy (BIN TAX) would sit outside the 2% annual rate cap imposed by the Essential Services Commission. This gives council the option to increase the levy by whatever amount it wishes, and you can be sure it will – council will use the levy to fund its inability to manage its own budget. Council describes this inability to live within their own means the ‘rate capping challenge’.
IT’S A NEW TAX ON TOP OF YOUR EXISTING RATES
Councillors did not want to be held accountable at the ballot box for introducing a new tax this year, so have deferred its introduction until after the election. We are here to highlight the issue so that you have the chance to stop council by voting for an independent candidate that will vote against the BIN TAX and hold the council to account. Keep an eye on our website for an independent review of candidates running in the October election.
We say:
1. ROPP does not support the introduction of a Waste and Amenity Levy in addition to the burden of existing rates. Council need to get the budget under control instead of taking the easy way out: a new Bin Tax
2. Now is not the time to impose new taxes on a struggling economy. It’s not fair and it needs to be stopped.
Essential Services Commission’s role in waste levies
Council can levy a new charge in addition to existing rates, just like two councils did in 2018-19. This is subject to the oversight of the Essential Services Commission, however Councils retain full autonomy to introduce new charges. Council can opt to introduce a waste levy in a revenue neutral way, reducing general rates by the same amount that the new levy raises. This is what Maribyrnong did in 2019-20.
As Port Phillip Council said themselves on the now removed ‘waste challenges’ webpage :
“Council is also considering a proposal to introduce a waste and amenity levy, which would be a payment separate to Council rates to cover some, or all, of the costs incurred by council to deliver waste, recycling and cleansing services. This would enable Council to set a service rate or charge (levy) that’s in line with the true cost of the service.
Pregunta a estos 5 concejales 
Heather Cunsolo 0466227014
Heather.Cunsolo@portphillip.vic.gov.au
Katherine Copsey 0466 478 949
Katherine.Copsey@portphillip.vic.gov.au
Peter Martin 0435 390821
Peter.Martin@portphillip.vic.gov.au
Louise Crawford 0466 514 643
Louise.Crawford@portphillip.vic.gov.au
Tim Baxter 0466 495250
Tim.Baxter@portphillip.vic.gov.au
Cinco concejales desconectados (Cunsolo, Baxter, Copsey, Martin y Crawford) mostraron indiferencia hacia los residentes y contribuyentes.
Cinco concejales : votaron en contra de un congelamiento de tasas durante estos tiempos difíciles de Covid. El costo para hacer esto fue de solo $ 1,98 millones.
Cinco concejales : rechazaron una congelación de tarifas, a pesar de que el consejo pronosticó un superávit en efectivo de $ 4.4 millones más $ 2.3 millones de nuevas propiedades.
Cinco concejales : luego aumentaron el gasto en $ 1.35 millones en folletos y proyectos favoritos para grupos minoritarios, lo que proporcionó poco para toda la comunidad.
DECIMOS
Mantenga la política fuera de Port Phillip. Los residentes obtienen muy poco por las exorbitantes tarifas que pagamos. Es hora de señalar con el dedo a los concejales que están aumentando nuestras tarifas, malgastando dinero y trabajando en contra de los intereses de los residentes y contribuyentes. Si estos Cinco Consejeros no pueden votar por una congelación de tarifas durante COVID, ¿cuándo lo harán?
UPDATE 15 AUGUST 2020: RoPP campaign successful in delaying new Bin Tax
We are pleased to see that the Bin Tax will not be introduced this financial year, according to Port Phillip’s updated web page.
Thanks to all for your help with our Bin Tax campaign!
The best way to ensure your rates are reduced to be in line with neighbouring councils, is to vote for a RoPP endorsed candidate at the upcoming October election. We will be releasing the exciting news about our endorsed candidates soon, so stay tuned.
- At the 4th December 2019 Council meeting, a “Waste and Amenity levy” was proposed to address the waste crisis, forecasted to add $64 million over the next 10 years to Council’s “rate cap challenge”. RoPP spoke at that meeting in opposition to the new Tax, unless the Council could provide more information.
- We finally received a written response from the CEO on July 2nd 2020, confirming that Council were considering options of how to fund the Bin Tax, including the levy being additional to existing rates.
- Our poster and leaflet campaign to stop the Bin Tax commenced on 30th July 2020.
- Council’s website still detailed the impending Bin Tax. Now those details have been removed, replaced instead with a statement about the deferral.
- Why would Council remove the details from their website? As of writing this, the minutes of the 4th December 2019 Council meeting where the Bin Tax was voted on, are also no longer available on their website. Further, we have discovered that almost 20 years of Council meeting agendas & minutes have been removed in the last week.
- Please refer to the end of this webpage for details of the Essential Services Commission’s role in waste levies.
The facts and our transparency speak for themselves. The Council’s backdown on a new Bin Tax shows that our campaign has had an impact. Council have rightly recognised the harshness of introducing a new tax on top of the burden of existing rates, in a time of economic crisis.
Port Phillip Council is one of the highest spending councils in the state and are now proposing to introduce an additional Waste and Amenity levy on top of the exorbitant rates you already pay.
See https://ropp.org.au/fact-check-how-high-are-port-phillip-rates-compared-to-neighbouring-councils/
So in addition to a 2% increase to total rates collected this year (the maximum allowable under the State government’s rate cap system), you would have to pay a levy for ‘Waste and Amenity’, “A BIN TAX” on this fundamental service. This would severely impact both ratepayers and residents at a time when many have lost their livelihoods, incomes and ability to pay.
Council claims that the reason they need to charge a new levy is because waste costs are rising at a greater pace than inflation. There are two issues with this:
1. Waste management, a core service of council, only accounts for 5.3% of the Port Phillip budget[1], meaning that even if this component increased by 10% per year, the effect on the overall budget would only be around 1-1.2%, well within the 2% rate cap.
2. Competent management should be able to absorb this fundamental service easily, by forecasting these cost issues and re-prioritising their budget accordingly. Instead, the majority of the 2% increase in general rates will go towards wage rises for staff, which council has stubbornly refused to address (or even acknowledge).
Council wants to take the easy way out yet again, by charging ratepayers a new BIN TAX instead of doing the hard work necessary to manage the budget.
The waste and amenity levy (BIN TAX) would sit outside the 2% annual rate cap imposed by the Essential Services Commission. This gives council the option to increase the levy by whatever amount it wishes, and you can be sure it will – council will use the levy to fund its inability to manage its own budget. Council describes this inability to live within their own means the ‘rate capping challenge’.
IT’S A NEW TAX ON TOP OF YOUR EXISTING RATES
Councillors did not want to be held accountable at the ballot box for introducing a new tax this year, so have deferred its introduction until after the election. We are here to highlight the issue so that you have the chance to stop council by voting for an independent candidate that will vote against the BIN TAX and hold the council to account. Keep an eye on our website for an independent review of candidates running in the October election.
We say:
1. ROPP does not support the introduction of a Waste and Amenity Levy in addition to the burden of existing rates. Council need to get the budget under control instead of taking the easy way out: a new Bin Tax
2. Now is not the time to impose new taxes on a struggling economy. It’s not fair and it needs to be stopped.
Essential Services Commission’s role in waste levies
Council can levy a new charge in addition to existing rates, just like two councils did in 2018-19. This is subject to the oversight of the Essential Services Commission, however Councils retain full autonomy to introduce new charges. Council can opt to introduce a waste levy in a revenue neutral way, reducing general rates by the same amount that the new levy raises. This is what Maribyrnong did in 2019-20.
As Port Phillip Council said themselves on the now removed ‘waste challenges’ webpage :
“Council is also considering a proposal to introduce a waste and amenity levy, which would be a payment separate to Council rates to cover some, or all, of the costs incurred by council to deliver waste, recycling and cleansing services. This would enable Council to set a service rate or charge (levy) that’s in line with the true cost of the service.