Publisher 90

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.

Publisher 90

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.

Publisher 90

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.

Der Out-of-Touch-Rat entfernt Parkplätze, ohne die Bedürfnisse der Anwohner und Händler zu berücksichtigen.

Der Rat hat eine massive finanzielle Abhängigkeit von Parkgebühren und Geldstrafen und ist auf einer ideologischen Mission, Parkplätze zu entfernen. Nachhaltige Verkehrspolitik und Parkgebühren des Port Phillip Council „Der Council strebt eine geringere Abhängigkeit von der Nutzung von Privatwagen an.“ Der Rat hat keinen Kontakt zu den Bewohnern, weil wir nicht damit rechnen, eine Parkerlaubnis zu bezahlen, wenn wir bereits massive Gebühren zahlen und es nicht genügend Parkplätze gibt. Der Rat ergreift jede Gelegenheit, um Geld für die Finanzierung seiner massiven Bürokratie zu beschaffen. Das Parken ist auf ihrem Radar, ohne Rücksicht auf die Bedürfnisse der Anwohner oder des Einzelhandelsunternehmens.

Parkrichtlinien von RoPP:

• Eine kostenlose Genehmigung für alle berechtigten Immobilien.
• Ermutigen Sie Kunden zu Einkaufsmöglichkeiten mit kostengünstigen Parkplätzen.
• Wir unterstützen nicht die unnötige Entfernung von Parkplätzen in der gesamten Gemeinde, insbesondere in Einkaufszentren.
• Verwenden Sie reale Daten zum Autobesitz und zum Parken, um den Parkbedarf der Gemeinde und der Händler jetzt und in Zukunft zu ermitteln.
• Sorgen Sie für einen angemessenen und fairen Zugang zu Parkplätzen für Wohnhäuser. * Stellen Sie sicher, dass in allen Wohngebäuden Parkplätze für alle Wohnungen vor Ort verfügbar sind.

Der Rat hat keinen Kontakt zu den Bedürfnissen der Anwohner, wenn es um das Parken und das Verkehrsmanagement geht. Trotz der überwiegenden Mehrheit der Einwohner, die ein oder mehrere Autos * besitzen, lag der ideologische Fokus des Port Phillip Council auf der Entfernung von Parkplätzen, obwohl bekannt ist, dass Autos für unsere Gemeinde von wesentlicher Bedeutung sind. Besonders für Familien, um einkaufen zu gehen, Kinder von der Schule oder vom Sport abzuholen, zur Arbeit zu pendeln oder Familie und Freunde zu besuchen. Dies gilt insbesondere für ältere Menschen.

Die Ideologie des Rates hat sich nachteilig auf die Verengung der Straßen ausgewirkt und es für Fahrer schwieriger und für Radfahrer gefährlicher gemacht, wenn Radwege an falschen Orten platziert werden. Entfernung wertvoller Parkplätze, die das Geschäft unserer Händler zerstören. Die bewusste Strategie des Rates verändert unsere wachsenden Nachbarschaften - und nicht zum Besseren.

Die Straßen Fitzroy und Acland, einst blühende, lebendige Ikonen unserer Stadt, wurden durch schlechte Planung dezimiert. Die meisten Parkplätze an der Straße wurden entfernt, wodurch diese einst blühenden und magnetischen Attraktionen in ruhige Einzelhandelsgewässer verwandelt wurden.

Wachstumsplanung
Während der Rat erwartet, dass die Anzahl der Gemeinden wächst, reduzieren sie unsere Fahrspuren und Parkplätze. Der Mangel an angemessenen Parkplätzen und die überhöhten Kosten entmutigen unsere Gemeinde und Besucher, in Port Phillip zu speisen oder einzukaufen.

https://www.portphillip.vic.gov.au/about-the-council/strategies-policies-and-plans/transport-policies-strategies-and-plans

Resident On-Street-Parkplatz
Die Preise innerhalb des Port Phillip Council gehören zu den höchsten in Melbourne ***, dennoch müssen die Einwohner ihre Parkscheine bezahlen. Im Gegensatz zu Bewohnern von nahe gelegenen Gemeinden, in denen die Bewohner von Glen Eira eine kostenlose Parkerlaubnis erhalten, erhalten die Bewohner von Stonnington zwei kostenlose Parkscheine und die Bewohner von Bayside vier kostenlose Parkscheine. Man könnte meinen, dass wir für den exorbitanten Betrag, den wir zahlen müssen, zumindest eines unserer Fahrzeuge kostenlos außerhalb unserer eigenen Häuser parken können. Unser Gemeinderat benötigt jedoch Bargeld, sodass eine zusätzliche jährliche Gebühr für die Parkerlaubnis erhoben wird. Eine weitere "Anti-Community-Steuer"

Kürzlich hat RoPP den Rat nach diesen Gebühren gefragt, und hier ist die Antwort des Rates:
„ Die Preisgestaltung für Parkausweise soll nicht die Einnahmen steigern, sondern ein kostenneutrales Ergebnis erzielen. “ Mitarbeiter des Rates

Wir sagen: Wenn dies der Fall ist, warum erhebt der Rat diese Gebühr dann überhaupt und macht das Parken auf der Straße nicht nur für berechtigte Einwohner KOSTENLOS?
Unser Versprechen an die Zinszahler, falls unsere Kandidaten bei den bevorstehenden Wahlen das Kräfteverhältnis innerhalb des Rates erreichen sollten, besteht darin, dass wir sicherstellen, dass das Parken auf der Straße für berechtigte Zinszahler KOSTENLOS ist.

Der Rat sollte die Verfügbarkeit von Parkplätzen maximieren und die Kosten für die Bewohner minimieren, um der Mehrheit der Bevölkerung, die auf bequeme Parkplätze angewiesen ist, Annehmlichkeiten zu bieten. Die Parkgebühren für Anwohner sollten angemessen sein, und der Rat sollte sich nicht auf übermäßige Parkeinnahmen von Anwohnern stützen, um sein Budget zu stützen **.
Einwohner und Besucher sollten aufgrund der Parkkosten nicht an einem Ausflug in Port Phillip gehindert werden.

• Trotz der zusätzlichen Kosten pro Jahr sehen wir einen Rückgang der Dienstleistungen in der Gemeinde
• Weniger Parkmöglichkeiten
• Teurere Parkgebühren und Geldstrafen
• Einkaufsstreifen werden zu toten Zonen
• Eine Zunahme der Obdachlosen und Drogen auf den Straßen

• Repräsentiere die Community
• Förderung der steuerlichen Verantwortung und
• Die Mittel der Nachfrageraten werden für die Dienstleistungen und Annehmlichkeiten des Gemeinderats verwendet

• aus finanzieller Sicht nachhaltig, so dass Bewohner aller Mittel weiterhin in unserer großartigen Gemeinschaft leben können
• und dass sie die Lebensfähigkeit unseres Vorortes verbessern

• repräsentieren die Gemeinschaft
• Förderung der steuerlichen Verantwortung und
• fordern, dass wertvolle Gelder der Zinszahler für das Geschäft der Kommunen verwendet werden

Wir sagen: Zinsen für Senioren senken, sie nicht dazu zwingen, ihr Zuhause zu verlassen oder sich zu verschulden.

Es gibt viele Einwohner in Port Phillip, wie Tanya*, die sich dem Alptraum stellen müssen, dass der Rat exorbitante Zinsen von ihnen verlangt, weil sie wissen, dass sie mit einem kleinen festen Einkommen oder einer kleinen Rente niemals zahlen können. In den meisten Fällen sind diese Bewohner einfach die unschuldigen Opfer von überhöhten Ausgaben und unerschwinglichen Raten.

Als Adrian beispielsweise 1983 sein erstes Haus in Middle Park kaufte, betrugen die Raten 500 US-Dollar pro Jahr. Jetzt sind sie $5000, aber das Serviceniveau hat sich nicht wesentlich erhöht. Die Lösung des Rates für diese kämpfenden Bewohner besteht darin, ihr Eigentum an den Rat zu verpfänden oder zu verkaufen und woanders hinzuziehen. Der Rat hat dann einen Vorbehalt gegen ihre Häuser.

Der dürftige „Hilfe“-Rat bietet denen mit einer Rentenkarte

https://www.portphillip.vic.gov.au/council-services/rates-and-valuations/rates-concessions-and-rates-hardship-relief

Viele Rentner in Port Phillip sind Getreue ihrer Gemeinden. Viele sind in den Gegenden geboren und aufgewachsen, in denen sie jetzt leben, und sind stolz darauf, unsere Vororte ihr Zuhause zu nennen. Wenn der Rat die Zinsen unerbittlich auf ein Niveau erhöht, das in anderen Teilen von Melbourne nicht zu finden ist, müssen Fragen zur Fairness eines Zinssystems gestellt werden, das ältere Menschen zwingt, ihre Häuser umzuschulden.

Das derzeit hohe Niveau der Port Phillip-Raten fügt unseren Senioren in einem ohnehin schon stressigen Jahr unnötigen Stress hinzu. Sie wollen einfach nur ihr Leben in Ruhe mit ihrem festen Einkommen in den Häusern leben, in denen sie ihre Familien großgezogen haben.

WIR SAGEN, dass wir diese entsetzliche Behandlung unserer Senioren nicht tolerieren sollten, und wir fordern, dass die Tarife für Senioren gesenkt werden. Der Rat gibt jedes Jahr Millionen für leichtfertige, ideologisch inspirierte Projekte aus, die Millionen unserer Dollars verschwenden und nur den Druck für diejenigen erhöhen, die im Ruhestand sind. Da fast 42 % aller Gemeindeeinnahmen für die Beschäftigung von 800 bis 900 Gemeindebeamten ausgegeben werden, viel mehr als benachbarte Gemeinden, liegt ein Grund für unsere hohen Sätze auf der Hand. Viele scheinen zu existieren, um endlos Berichte zu schreiben, und sind nicht direkt an der Erbringung von Dienstleistungen beteiligt. Dies ist eine massive eigennützige Bürokratie, die viel Raum für Effizienzsteigerungen und verbesserte Produktivität bietet, damit wir uns besser um schutzbedürftige Menschen in unserer Gemeinde kümmern können. Echte Wohltätigkeit sollte bei unseren älteren Steuerzahlern beginnen, die seit langem in der Stadt Port Phillip leben.

Schande über unsere Ratsmitglieder und unseren Rat dafür, dass sie unsere Bewohner verschulden.

*Tanyas Geschichte ist real und wird in ganz Port Phillip widergespiegelt, aber ihr Name und ihr Gesicht wurden geändert, um ihre Identität zu schützen. Der Rat bietet Rentnern die Möglichkeit, die Zahlung ihrer Raten aufzuschieben, bis ihre Immobilien verkauft sind. Zu diesem Zeitpunkt kassieren sie die nicht gezahlten Raten zuzüglich Zinsen von 5 % pa, was effektiv eine Umkehrhypothek ist.

Der Rat hat seinen Entwurf des Haushaltsplans 2021-22 für die Konsultation der Gemeinschaft veröffentlicht. Wenn Sie über den Plan des Rates zur erneuten Erhöhung der Sätze besorgt sind und dies noch nicht getan haben, wenden Sie sich bitte an die folgenden Ratsmitglieder und bitten Sie sie, die Sätze im Haushaltsplan 2021-22 nicht zu erhöhen, wenn sie am 23. Juni über den Antrag abstimmen.

• Cr Baxter
  Tim.Baxter@portphillip.vic.gov.au
  0466 495 250
• Cr Copsey
  Katherine.Copsey@portphillip.vic.gov.au
  0466 478 949
• Bürgermeister Crawford
  Louise.Crawford@portphillip.vic.gov.au
  0466 514 643
• Cr Cunsolo
  Heather.Cunsolo@portphillip.vic.gov.au
  0466 227 014
• Cr Martin
  Peter.Martin@portphillip.vic.gov.au
  0435 390 821

Nur vier Ratsmitglieder haben öffentlich erklärt, dass sie einen Zinsstopp unterstützen. Sie sind:

• Cr Bond
  Andrew.Bond@portphillip.vic.gov.au
  0481 034 028
• 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

Was solltest du sonst noch wissen?
Wir glauben, dass der Rat effizienter werden muss, um Dienstleistungen für unsere Gemeinde zu erbringen. Der Rat teilt uns mit, dass ein Zinsstopp bedeutet, dass die Dienstleistungen gekürzt werden müssen, aber wir sagen, dass der Rat keine Berichte erstellen muss, die niemand will oder liest. Das Schreiben eines 200 oder 300 Seiten langen Berichts, den niemand liest, ist kein Dienst. Wenn die Ratsmitglieder für einen Zinsstopp stimmen, müssen der CEO und sein Team die Effizienz ermitteln, anstatt die Dienstleistungen zu kürzen. Der Rat von Port Phillip bestreitet, dass es in Port Phillip ein Tarifproblem gibt, aber die Tarifzahler sind sich nur schmerzlich bewusst, dass sie das Doppelte, Dreifache oder Dreifache der Tarife zahlen, die für Immobilien mit ähnlichem Wert in benachbarten Räten gezahlt werden. Der Rat verwendet Durchschnittsraten, um Port Phillip mit anderen Räten zu vergleichen, aber die Durchschnittsraten sind irreführend und irreführend, da wir ein viel höheres Verhältnis von Einheiten / Wohnungen zu Häusern haben und dies zu einer niedrigeren Zahl führt.

Siehe Fact Check unter 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.

Der Gasworks Arts Park hat sechzehn ansässige bildende Künstler und ein kleines Team professioneller Mitarbeiter, die daran arbeiten, ein jährliches Programm von Festivals und Veranstaltungen zu präsentieren, darunter Jahreszeiten mit einigen der bekanntesten Kunstfestivals Melbournes, Bauernmärkte, Kurse und Workshops, kreative und berufliche Entwicklungsmöglichkeiten für Künstler, Kinderprogramme und mehr. Darüber hinaus werden jedes Jahr über 200 Veranstaltungen der darstellenden Künste und 30 Ausstellungen der bildenden Kunst im Veranstaltungsort präsentiert.

Gasworks befindet sich im Albert Park, Melbourne, auf dem Gelände der ehemaligen South Melbourne Gas Plant. Es ist drei Kilometer vom zentralen Geschäftsviertel entfernt und beherbergt vier Hektar Park, zwei Theater, drei Galerieräume, ein Café sowie Veranstaltungs- und Workshopräume.

Was läuft https://www.gasworks.org.au/whats-on

Google Map-Referenz: -37.843317, 144.946260

„Wir sind nicht nur Sportler. Wir sind Menschen , nachdem alle, und manchmal muss man einen Schritt zurück nehmen“ , sagte die amerikanische Turnerin Simone Biles am Dienstag , als sie in die Arena der Olympischen Spiele in Tokio verlassen.

An diesem Mittwoch ist Biles auch von der Teilnahme am ersten Einzelturnier-Finale in Tokio 2020 zurückgetreten, das am Donnerstag ausgetragen wird.

Er hat noch nicht bestätigt, ob er in den nächsten Tagen am anderen teilnehmen wird Finale diejenigen , die qualifiziert in Tokio. Sprung und Stufenbarren (am Sonntag, 1. August), solitär (am Montag, 2. August) und Schwebebalken (am Dienstag, 30)

Obwohl nicht alle die Welt hat die Sichtbarkeit von Biles oder Leben unter dem Druck , dass Athleten im wichtigsten Wettbewerb der Welt ausgesetzt sind, kann der Athleten Geste als eine Lektion und Reflexion für alle dient, nach dem psychischen Gesundheit Spezialisten im Interview mit BBC News Brasilien.

"Heute wird mehr über psychische Gesundheit in Sport, Musik, Bildung gesprochen ... und die Tatsache ho, dass es diskutiert wird, entmystifiziert das Thema ", sagt die klinische Psychiaterin Lívia Castelo Branco.

Heidekraut Cunsolo 0466 227 014

Heather.Cunsolo@portphillip.vic.gov.au

Katherine Copsey 0466 478 949
Katherine.Copsey@portphillip.vic.gov.au

Peter Martin 0435 390 821
Peter.Martin@portphillip.vic.gov.au

Louise Crawford 0466 514 643
Louise.Crawford@portphillip.vic.gov.au

Tim Baxter 0466 495 250
Tim.Baxter@portphillip.vic.gov.au

Fünf kontaktlose Stadträte - Cunsolo, Baxter, Copsey, Martin und Crawford - zeigten Missachtung gegenüber Einwohnern und Gebührenzahlern.

Fünf Stadträte – haben in diesen schwierigen Covid-Zeiten gegen einen Zinsstopp gestimmt. Die Kosten dafür betrugen nur 1,98 Millionen US-Dollar.

Fünf Stadträte – lehnten einen Zinsstopp ab, obwohl der Rat einen Barüberschuss von 4,4 Millionen US-Dollar plus 2,3 Millionen US-Dollar aus neuen Immobilien prognostiziert hatte.

Fünf Stadträte - erhöhten dann die Ausgaben um 1,35 Millionen US-Dollar für Handouts und Heimtierprojekte für Minderheitengruppen, was der gesamten Gemeinde wenig bringt.

WIR SAGEN
Halten Sie die Politik aus Port Phillip heraus. Die Bewohner bekommen sehr wenig für die exorbitanten Preise, die wir zahlen. Es ist an der Zeit, mit dem Finger auf die Stadträte zu zeigen, die unsere Tarife erhöhen, Geld verschwenden und gegen die Interessen der Einwohner und Tarifzahler arbeiten. Wenn diese fünf Stadträte während COVID nicht für einen Ratenstopp stimmen können, wann werden sie es tun?

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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.

Fragen Sie diese 5 Stadträte

Heidekraut Cunsolo 0466 227 014
Heather.Cunsolo@portphillip.vic.gov.au

Katherine Copsey 0466 478 949
Katherine.Copsey@portphillip.vic.gov.au

Peter Martin 0435 390 821
Peter.Martin@portphillip.vic.gov.au

Louise Crawford 0466 514 643
Louise.Crawford@portphillip.vic.gov.au

Tim Baxter 0466 495 250
Tim.Baxter@portphillip.vic.gov.au

Fünf kontaktlose Stadträte - Cunsolo, Baxter, Copsey, Martin und Crawford - zeigten Missachtung gegenüber Einwohnern und Gebührenzahlern.

Fünf Stadträte – haben in diesen schwierigen Covid-Zeiten gegen einen Zinsstopp gestimmt. Die Kosten dafür betrugen nur 1,98 Millionen US-Dollar.

Fünf Stadträte – lehnten einen Zinsstopp ab, obwohl der Rat einen Barüberschuss von 4,4 Millionen US-Dollar plus 2,3 Millionen US-Dollar aus neuen Immobilien prognostiziert hatte.

Fünf Stadträte - erhöhten dann die Ausgaben um 1,35 Millionen US-Dollar für Handouts und Heimtierprojekte für Minderheitengruppen, was der gesamten Gemeinde wenig bringt.

WIR SAGEN
Halten Sie die Politik aus Port Phillip heraus. Die Bewohner bekommen sehr wenig für die exorbitanten Preise, die wir zahlen. Es ist an der Zeit, mit dem Finger auf die Stadträte zu zeigen, die unsere Tarife erhöhen, Geld verschwenden und gegen die Interessen der Einwohner und Tarifzahler arbeiten. Wenn diese fünf Stadträte während COVID nicht für einen Ratenstopp stimmen können, wann werden sie es tun?

3206 Beach Patrol wurde 2009 von einer Gruppe gleichgesinnter Bewohner des Middle und Albert Park gegründet, die der Meinung waren, dass sie zur Erhaltung und Reinigung unserer lokalen Strände entlang der Beaconsfield Parade beitragen könnten. Jeden Monat wurden am Samstagmorgen Strandreinigungen organisiert, die eine Stunde dauerten und unseren Strand von der Kerferd Rd bis zur Langridge Street frei von Müll, Plastik und ekligen Dingen machten … sicherer für alle und viel schöner für das Auge.

Die markanten 3206 roten Strandpatrouillen-T-Shirts, die entlang unserer Sandstreifen bei der Arbeit waren, wurden von Bewohnern unserer Nachbarn in der Bucht bemerkt und innerhalb von 2 Jahren starteten Gruppen von Port Melbourne (3207 blaue T-Shirts), St. Kilda (3182 lila T-Shirts). Shirts) und Elwood (3184 grüne T-Shirts). Bald darauf schloss sich Brighton der Aktion an, Sandringham, South Melbourne, Williamstown und heute geht die Liste weiter. Von Altona bis Mount Martha und Frankston umringen Strandpatrouillengruppen die Bucht und wir können stolz sagen, dass alles hier in der Innenstadt 3206 begann.

Ein fantastischer Ableger von Beach Patrol ist eine Gruppe namens Love Our Street, die auf die gleiche Weise mit farbigen T-Shirts mit Postleitzahlen operiert, sich aber auf Straßenmüll in und um unsere Dörfer konzentriert. Elwood hat den Anfang gemacht und Love our Street hat jetzt 26 aktive Gruppen an Orten weit und breit wie Glen Waverly und Werribee.

Wir haben noch keinen 3206 Love Our Street, falls jemand daran interessiert ist, einen zu eröffnen!

Besuchen Sie beach www.patrol.com.au für weitere Informationen und Details zu bevorstehenden Gruppenreinigungen.

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.