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.

• हर साल अतिरिक्त लागत के बावजूद हम नगर पालिका में सेवाओं में गिरावट देखते हैं
• कम पार्किंग उपलब्धता
• अधिक महंगा पार्किंग शुल्क और जुर्माना
• शॉपिंग स्ट्रिप्स डेड जोन बन रहे हैं
• बेघरों में वृद्धि और सड़कों पर नशा प्रभावित

• समुदाय का प्रतिनिधित्व करें
• राजकोषीय जिम्मेदारी को बढ़ावा देना और
• स्थानीय परिषद सेवाओं और सुविधाओं के लिए मांग दर भुगतानकर्ता निधि का उपयोग किया जाता है

• वित्तीय दृष्टि से टिकाऊ, इसलिए सभी साधनों के निवासी हमारे महान समुदाय में रहना जारी रख सकते हैं
• और यह कि वे हमारे उपनगर की जीवंतता को बढ़ाते हैं

• समुदाय का प्रतिनिधित्व करें
• राजकोषीय जिम्मेदारी को बढ़ावा देना और
• मांग है कि स्थानीय परिषद व्यवसाय के लिए कीमती दर-भुगतानकर्ता निधियों का उपयोग किया जाए

हम कहते हैं- वरिष्ठों के लिए दरों में कटौती करें, उन्हें उनके घरों से बाहर निकालने या कर्ज में डूबने के लिए मजबूर न करें।

पोर्ट फिलिप में कई निवासी हैं, जैसे तान्या*, जो परिषद के दुःस्वप्न का सामना करते हैं और उनसे अत्यधिक दरों की मांग करते हैं, यह जानते हुए कि एक छोटी निश्चित आय या पेंशन के साथ वे कभी भी भुगतान करने में सक्षम नहीं होंगे। ज्यादातर मामलों में, ये निवासी केवल अधिक खर्च करने वाली परिषदों और सस्ती दरों के निर्दोष शिकार होते हैं।

उदाहरण के लिए, 1983 में जब एड्रियन ने मिडिल पार्क में अपना पहला घर खरीदा, तो दरें $500 प्रति वर्ष थीं। अब वे $5000 हैं लेकिन सेवाओं के स्तर में पर्याप्त वृद्धि नहीं हुई है। इन संघर्षरत निवासियों के लिए परिषद का समाधान है कि वे अपनी संपत्ति को परिषद के पास गिरवी रख दें या बेच दें और कहीं और चले जाएं। परिषद के पास उनके घरों पर एक चेतावनी है।

पेंशन कार्ड वाले लोगों को मामूली 'सहायता' परिषद प्रदान करती है

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

पोर्ट फिलिप में कई सेवानिवृत्त निवासी अपने समुदायों के दिग्गज हैं। कई लोग उन क्षेत्रों में पैदा हुए और पाले गए जहां वे अब रहते हैं और हमारे उपनगरों को घर बुलाने पर गर्व है। जब काउंसिल लगातार दरों को मेलबर्न के अन्य हिस्सों में नहीं देखे जाने वाले स्तरों तक बढ़ाती है, तो एक ऐसी दर प्रणाली की निष्पक्षता के बारे में प्रश्न पूछे जाने चाहिए जो बुजुर्गों को अपने घरों को गिरवी रखने के लिए मजबूर करती है।

पोर्ट फिलिप दरों का वर्तमान उच्च स्तर पहले से ही तनावपूर्ण वर्ष में हमारे वरिष्ठ नागरिकों के लिए अनावश्यक तनाव बढ़ा रहा है। वे बस चुपचाप अपना जीवन, अपनी निश्चित आय पर, उन घरों में जीना चाहते हैं जिनमें उन्होंने अपने परिवार का पालन-पोषण किया।

हम कहते हैं- हमें अपने वरिष्ठ नागरिकों के इस घृणित व्यवहार को बर्दाश्त नहीं करना चाहिए और हम मांग करते हैं कि वरिष्ठ नागरिकों के लिए दरों में कटौती की जानी चाहिए। परिषद हर साल विचारधारा से प्रेरित फालतू परियोजनाओं पर लाखों खर्च करती है जो हमारे लाखों डॉलर बर्बाद करती है और केवल उन लोगों के लिए दबाव बढ़ाती है जो सेवानिवृत्त हो जाते हैं। परिषद की कुल आय का लगभग 42%, 800-900 परिषद के सरकारी सेवकों को नियुक्त करने पर खर्च किया जाता है, पड़ोसी परिषदों की तुलना में कई अधिक, हमारी उच्च दरों का एक कारण स्पष्ट है। कई लोग अंतहीन रूप से रिपोर्ट लिखने के लिए मौजूद हैं और सीधे सेवाएं प्रदान करने में शामिल नहीं हैं। यह एक विशाल स्व-सेवारत नौकरशाही है जिसमें दक्षता और बेहतर उत्पादकता के लिए बहुत जगह है ताकि हम अपने समुदाय में कमजोर लोगों की बेहतर देखभाल कर सकें। वास्तविक दान हमारे बुजुर्ग दरदाताओं के साथ शुरू होना चाहिए जो पोर्ट फिलिप शहर के दीर्घकालिक निवासी हैं।

हमारे निवासियों को कर्ज में डालने के लिए हमारे पार्षदों और हमारी परिषद पर शर्म आती है।

*तान्या की कहानी वास्तविक है और पूरे पोर्ट फिलिप में गूँजती है लेकिन उसकी पहचान की रक्षा के लिए उसका नाम और चेहरा बदल दिया गया है। परिषद सेवानिवृत्त लोगों को उनकी दरों के भुगतान को तब तक स्थगित करने का विकल्प प्रदान करती है जब तक कि उनकी संपत्तियां बेची नहीं जातीं, वे अवैतनिक दरों और 5% प्रति वर्ष का ब्याज जमा करते हैं जो प्रभावी रूप से एक रिवर्स मॉर्टगेज है।

परिषद ने सामुदायिक परामर्श के लिए अपना मसौदा 2021-22 बजट प्रकाशित किया है। यदि आप फिर से दरों में वृद्धि करने की परिषद की योजना के बारे में चिंतित हैं और आपने अभी तक ऐसा नहीं किया है, तो कृपया निम्नलिखित पार्षदों से संपर्क करें और उन्हें 2021-22 के बजट में दरों में वृद्धि न करने के लिए कहें, जब वे 23 जून को प्रस्ताव पर मतदान करेंगे।

• सीआर बैक्सटर
  टिम.बैक्सटर@portphillip.vic.gov.au
  ०४६६ ४९५ २५०
• सीआर कॉपसी
  कैथरीन.Copsey@portphillip.vic.gov.au
  ०४६६ ४७८ ९४९
• मेयर क्रॉफर्ड
  लुईस.क्रॉफर्ड@portphillip.vic.gov.au
  ०४६६ ५१४ ६४३
• सीआर कन्सोलो
  Heather.Cunsolo@portphillip.vic.gov.au
  0466 227 014
• सीआर मार्टिन
  पीटर.मार्टिन@portphillip.vic.gov.au
  ०४३५ ३९० ८२१

केवल चार पार्षदों ने सार्वजनिक रूप से कहा है कि वे दरों को फ्रीज करने का समर्थन करते हैं। वो हैं:

• सीआर बांड
  एंड्रयू.बॉन्ड@portphillip.vic.gov.au
  ०४८१ ०३४ ०२८
• सीआर क्लार्क
  Rhonda.Clark@portphillip.vic.gov.au
  ०४३५ ०९८ ७३८
• करोड़ मोती
  मार्कस.पर्ल@portphillip.vic.gov.au
  ०४६६ ४४८ २७२
• सीआर सिराकॉफ़
  क्रिस्टीना.सिराकॉफ़@portphillip.vic.gov.au
  ०४३५ ४१९ ९३०

आपको और क्या पता होना चाहिए?
हमारा मानना है कि परिषद को हमारे समुदाय को सेवाएं प्रदान करने में अधिक कुशल बनना चाहिए। हमें परिषद द्वारा बताया गया है कि एक दर फ्रीज का मतलब है कि सेवाओं में कटौती की जानी चाहिए लेकिन हम कहते हैं कि परिषद को ऐसी रिपोर्ट तैयार करने की आवश्यकता नहीं है जो कोई नहीं चाहता या पढ़ता है। ऐसी रिपोर्ट लिखना जो २०० या ३०० पेज लंबी हो, जिसे कोई नहीं पढ़ता, सेवा नहीं है। यदि पार्षद दर फ्रीज के पक्ष में मतदान करते हैं तो सीईओ और उनकी टीम को सेवाओं में कटौती के बजाय दक्षता की पहचान करने की आवश्यकता होगी। पोर्ट फिलिप काउंसिल इस बात से इनकार करती है कि पोर्ट फिलिप में दर की समस्या है, लेकिन रेटपेयर्स केवल इस बात से अवगत हैं कि वे पड़ोसी परिषदों में समान मूल्य की संपत्तियों के लिए दो बार, तीन या अधिक बार भुगतान कर रहे हैं। परिषद अन्य परिषदों के लिए पोर्ट फिलिप को बेंचमार्क करने के लिए औसत दरों का उपयोग करती है, लेकिन औसत दरें भ्रामक और भ्रामक हैं क्योंकि हमारे पास घरों के लिए इकाइयों / अपार्टमेंट का बहुत अधिक अनुपात है और यह औसत से कम संख्या की ओर झुकता है।

https://ropp.org.au/fact-check-how-high-are-port-phillip-rates-compared-to-neighbouring-councils/ पर फैक्ट चेक देखें।

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.

गैसवर्क्स आर्ट्स पार्क में सोलह निवासी दृश्य कलाकार और पेशेवर कर्मचारियों की एक छोटी टीम है जो मेलबर्न के कुछ प्रमुख कला त्योहारों, किसानों के बाजारों, कक्षाओं और कार्यशालाओं, रचनात्मक और व्यावसायिक विकास के अवसरों सहित त्योहारों और कार्यक्रमों का एक वार्षिक कार्यक्रम पेश करने के लिए काम करते हैं। कलाकार, बच्चों की प्रोग्रामिंग और बहुत कुछ। इसके अलावा, 200 से अधिक प्रदर्शन कला कार्यक्रम और 30 दृश्य कला प्रदर्शनियां हर साल आयोजन स्थल में प्रस्तुत की जाती हैं।

गैसवर्क्स पूर्व साउथ मेलबर्न गैस प्लांट की साइट पर मेलबर्न के अल्बर्ट पार्क में स्थित है। यह सीबीडी से तीन किलोमीटर दूर है और परिसर में चार हेक्टेयर पार्क, दो थिएटर, तीन गैलरी रिक्त स्थान, एक कैफे, साथ ही समारोह और कार्यशाला स्थान हैं।

व्हाट्सएप पर https://www.gasworks.org.au/whats-on

गूगल मैप रेफरी: -37.843317, 144.946260

"हम सिर्फ एथलीटों नहीं हैं। हम सब के बाद लोग हैं, और कभी कभी आप एक कदम पीछे ले जाना है," मंगलवार को अमेरिकी जिम्नास्ट सिमोन बाइल्स कहा के रूप में वह टोक्यो ओलंपिक के मैदान छोड़ दिया है।

इस बुधवार, बाइल्स ने टोक्यो 2020 में पहले व्यक्तिगत कलात्मक जिम्नास्टिक फाइनल में प्रतिस्पर्धा से भी इस्तीफा दे दिया, जो गुरुवार को होगा।

उन्होंने अभी तक पुष्टि नहीं की है कि वह अगले दिनों में अन्य खेलों में भाग लेंगे या नहीं। लोगों के फाइनल कि योग्य टोक्यो में:। कूद और असमान सलाखों, सॉलिटेयर (सोमवार को, 2 अगस्त) और संतुलन बीम (मंगलवार को, 30) (रविवार, 1 अगस्त को)

यद्यपि सभी दुनिया दबाव में biles या जीवन की दृश्यता कि एथलीटों दुनिया में सबसे महत्वपूर्ण प्रतियोगिता में के लिए किया जाता है, एथलीट इशारा मानसिक स्वास्थ्य बीबीसी समाचार ब्राजील द्वारा साक्षात्कार विशेषज्ञों के अनुसार एक सबक है और हर किसी के लिए प्रतिबिंब के रूप में सेवा कर सकते हैं,।

"आज खेल, संगीत, शिक्षा में मानसिक स्वास्थ्य की अधिक चर्चा हो रही है... और तथ्य हो कि इस पर चर्चा की गई है, इस मुद्दे को नष्ट कर देता है, "नैदानिक मनोचिकित्सक लिविया कास्टेलो ब्रैंको कहते हैं।

हीथ कंसोलो 0466 227 014

Heather.Cunsolo@portphillip.vic.gov.au

कैथरीन कॉपसी 0466 478 949
कैथरीन.Copsey@portphillip.vic.gov.au

पीटर मार्टिन ०४३५ ३९० ८२१
पीटर.मार्टिन@portphillip.vic.gov.au

लुईस क्रॉफर्ड 0466 514 643
लुईस.क्रॉफर्ड@portphillip.vic.gov.au

टिम बैक्सटर 0466 495 250
टिम.बैक्सटर@portphillip.vic.gov.au

संपर्क से बाहर के पांच पार्षदों - कनसोलो, बैक्सटर, कोप्सी, मार्टिन और क्रॉफर्ड - ने निवासियों और दर-भुगतानकर्ताओं के प्रति उपेक्षा प्रदर्शित की।

पांच पार्षदों - इन कठिन कोविद समय के दौरान एक दर फ्रीज के खिलाफ मतदान किया। ऐसा करने की लागत सिर्फ 1.98 मिलियन डॉलर थी।

पांच पार्षदों - नई संपत्तियों से $ 4.4 मिलियन नकद अधिशेष और $ 2.3 मिलियन की भविष्यवाणी के बावजूद, एक दर फ्रीज से इनकार कर दिया।

पांच पार्षद - फिर अल्पसंख्यक समूहों के लिए हैंड-आउट और पालतू परियोजनाओं पर खर्च में 1.35 मिलियन डॉलर की वृद्धि हुई, जिससे पूरे समुदाय को बहुत कम लाभ हुआ।

हम कहते हैं
राजनीति को पोर्ट फिलिप से दूर रखें। हमारे द्वारा भुगतान की जाने वाली अत्यधिक दरों के लिए निवासियों को बहुत कम मिलता है। यह उन पार्षदों पर उंगली उठाने का समय है जो हमारी दरों को बढ़ा रहे हैं, पैसा बर्बाद कर रहे हैं और निवासियों और दर-भुगतानकर्ताओं के हितों के खिलाफ काम कर रहे हैं। अगर ये पांच पार्षद COVID के दौरान रेट फ्रीज के लिए वोट नहीं कर सकते हैं तो वे कब करेंगे?

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.

इन 5 पार्षदों से पूछें

हीथ कंसोलो 0466 227 014
Heather.Cunsolo@portphillip.vic.gov.au

कैथरीन कॉपसी 0466 478 949
कैथरीन.Copsey@portphillip.vic.gov.au

पीटर मार्टिन ०४३५ ३९० ८२१
पीटर.मार्टिन@portphillip.vic.gov.au

लुईस क्रॉफर्ड 0466 514 643
लुईस.क्रॉफर्ड@portphillip.vic.gov.au

टिम बैक्सटर 0466 495 250
टिम.बैक्सटर@portphillip.vic.gov.au

संपर्क से बाहर के पांच पार्षदों - कनसोलो, बैक्सटर, कोप्सी, मार्टिन और क्रॉफर्ड - ने निवासियों और दर-भुगतानकर्ताओं के प्रति उपेक्षा प्रदर्शित की।

पांच पार्षदों - इन कठिन कोविद समय के दौरान एक दर फ्रीज के खिलाफ मतदान किया। ऐसा करने की लागत सिर्फ 1.98 मिलियन डॉलर थी।

पांच पार्षदों - नई संपत्तियों से $ 4.4 मिलियन नकद अधिशेष और $ 2.3 मिलियन की भविष्यवाणी के बावजूद, एक दर फ्रीज से इनकार कर दिया।

पांच पार्षद - फिर अल्पसंख्यक समूहों के लिए हैंड-आउट और पालतू परियोजनाओं पर खर्च में 1.35 मिलियन डॉलर की वृद्धि हुई, जिससे पूरे समुदाय को बहुत कम लाभ हुआ।

हम कहते हैं
राजनीति को पोर्ट फिलिप से दूर रखें। हमारे द्वारा भुगतान की जाने वाली अत्यधिक दरों के लिए निवासियों को बहुत कम मिलता है। यह उन पार्षदों पर उंगली उठाने का समय है जो हमारी दरों को बढ़ा रहे हैं, पैसा बर्बाद कर रहे हैं और निवासियों और दर-भुगतानकर्ताओं के हितों के खिलाफ काम कर रहे हैं। अगर ये पांच पार्षद COVID के दौरान रेट फ्रीज के लिए वोट नहीं कर सकते हैं तो वे कब करेंगे?

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.