UPDATE 15 AUGUST 2020: RoPP campaign successful in delaying new Bin Tax
We are pleased to see that the Bin Tax will not be introduced this financial year, according to Port Phillip’s updated web page.
Thanks to all for your help with our Bin Tax campaign!
The best way to ensure your rates are reduced to be in line with neighbouring councils, is to vote for a RoPP endorsed candidate at the upcoming October election. We will be releasing the exciting news about our endorsed candidates soon, so stay tuned.
- At the 4th December 2019 Council meeting, a “Waste and Amenity levy” was proposed to address the waste crisis, forecasted to add $64 million over the next 10 years to Council’s “rate cap challenge”. RoPP spoke at that meeting in opposition to the new Tax, unless the Council could provide more information.
- We finally received a written response from the CEO on July 2nd 2020, confirming that Council were considering options of how to fund the Bin Tax, including the levy being additional to existing rates.
- Our poster and leaflet campaign to stop the Bin Tax commenced on 30th July 2020.
- Council’s website still detailed the impending Bin Tax. Now those details have been removed, replaced instead with a statement about the deferral.
- Why would Council remove the details from their website? As of writing this, the minutes of the 4th December 2019 Council meeting where the Bin Tax was voted on, are also no longer available on their website. Further, we have discovered that almost 20 years of Council meeting agendas & minutes have been removed in the last week.
- Please refer to the end of this webpage for details of the Essential Services Commission’s role in waste levies.
The facts and our transparency speak for themselves. The Council’s backdown on a new Bin Tax shows that our campaign has had an impact. Council have rightly recognised the harshness of introducing a new tax on top of the burden of existing rates, in a time of economic crisis.
Port Phillip Council is one of the highest spending councils in the state and are now proposing to introduce an additional Waste and Amenity levy on top of the exorbitant rates you already pay.
See https://ropp.org.au/fact-check-how-high-are-port-phillip-rates-compared-to-neighbouring-councils/
So in addition to a 2% increase to total rates collected this year (the maximum allowable under the State government’s rate cap system), you would have to pay a levy for ‘Waste and Amenity’, “A BIN TAX” on this fundamental service. This would severely impact both ratepayers and residents at a time when many have lost their livelihoods, incomes and ability to pay.
Council claims that the reason they need to charge a new levy is because waste costs are rising at a greater pace than inflation. There are two issues with this:
1. Waste management, a core service of council, only accounts for 5.3% of the Port Phillip budget[1], meaning that even if this component increased by 10% per year, the effect on the overall budget would only be around 1-1.2%, well within the 2% rate cap.
2. Competent management should be able to absorb this fundamental service easily, by forecasting these cost issues and re-prioritising their budget accordingly. Instead, the majority of the 2% increase in general rates will go towards wage rises for staff, which council has stubbornly refused to address (or even acknowledge).
Council wants to take the easy way out yet again, by charging ratepayers a new BIN TAX instead of doing the hard work necessary to manage the budget.
The waste and amenity levy (BIN TAX) would sit outside the 2% annual rate cap imposed by the Essential Services Commission. This gives council the option to increase the levy by whatever amount it wishes, and you can be sure it will – council will use the levy to fund its inability to manage its own budget. Council describes this inability to live within their own means the ‘rate capping challenge’.
IT’S A NEW TAX ON TOP OF YOUR EXISTING RATES
Councillors did not want to be held accountable at the ballot box for introducing a new tax this year, so have deferred its introduction until after the election. We are here to highlight the issue so that you have the chance to stop council by voting for an independent candidate that will vote against the BIN TAX and hold the council to account. Keep an eye on our website for an independent review of candidates running in the October election.
We say:
1. ROPP does not support the introduction of a Waste and Amenity Levy in addition to the burden of existing rates. Council need to get the budget under control instead of taking the easy way out: a new Bin Tax
2. Now is not the time to impose new taxes on a struggling economy. It’s not fair and it needs to be stopped.
Essential Services Commission’s role in waste levies
Council can levy a new charge in addition to existing rates, just like two councils did in 2018-19. This is subject to the oversight of the Essential Services Commission, however Councils retain full autonomy to introduce new charges. Council can opt to introduce a waste levy in a revenue neutral way, reducing general rates by the same amount that the new levy raises. This is what Maribyrnong did in 2019-20.
As Port Phillip Council said themselves on the now removed ‘waste challenges’ webpage :
“Council is also considering a proposal to introduce a waste and amenity levy, which would be a payment separate to Council rates to cover some, or all, of the costs incurred by council to deliver waste, recycling and cleansing services. This would enable Council to set a service rate or charge (levy) that’s in line with the true cost of the service.
UPDATE 15 AUGUST 2020: RoPP campaign successful in delaying new Bin Tax
We are pleased to see that the Bin Tax will not be introduced this financial year, according to Port Phillip’s updated web page.
Thanks to all for your help with our Bin Tax campaign!
The best way to ensure your rates are reduced to be in line with neighbouring councils, is to vote for a RoPP endorsed candidate at the upcoming October election. We will be releasing the exciting news about our endorsed candidates soon, so stay tuned.
- At the 4th December 2019 Council meeting, a “Waste and Amenity levy” was proposed to address the waste crisis, forecasted to add $64 million over the next 10 years to Council’s “rate cap challenge”. RoPP spoke at that meeting in opposition to the new Tax, unless the Council could provide more information.
- We finally received a written response from the CEO on July 2nd 2020, confirming that Council were considering options of how to fund the Bin Tax, including the levy being additional to existing rates.
- Our poster and leaflet campaign to stop the Bin Tax commenced on 30th July 2020.
- Council’s website still detailed the impending Bin Tax. Now those details have been removed, replaced instead with a statement about the deferral.
- Why would Council remove the details from their website? As of writing this, the minutes of the 4th December 2019 Council meeting where the Bin Tax was voted on, are also no longer available on their website. Further, we have discovered that almost 20 years of Council meeting agendas & minutes have been removed in the last week.
- Please refer to the end of this webpage for details of the Essential Services Commission’s role in waste levies.
The facts and our transparency speak for themselves. The Council’s backdown on a new Bin Tax shows that our campaign has had an impact. Council have rightly recognised the harshness of introducing a new tax on top of the burden of existing rates, in a time of economic crisis.
Port Phillip Council is one of the highest spending councils in the state and are now proposing to introduce an additional Waste and Amenity levy on top of the exorbitant rates you already pay.
See https://ropp.org.au/fact-check-how-high-are-port-phillip-rates-compared-to-neighbouring-councils/
So in addition to a 2% increase to total rates collected this year (the maximum allowable under the State government’s rate cap system), you would have to pay a levy for ‘Waste and Amenity’, “A BIN TAX” on this fundamental service. This would severely impact both ratepayers and residents at a time when many have lost their livelihoods, incomes and ability to pay.
Council claims that the reason they need to charge a new levy is because waste costs are rising at a greater pace than inflation. There are two issues with this:
1. Waste management, a core service of council, only accounts for 5.3% of the Port Phillip budget[1], meaning that even if this component increased by 10% per year, the effect on the overall budget would only be around 1-1.2%, well within the 2% rate cap.
2. Competent management should be able to absorb this fundamental service easily, by forecasting these cost issues and re-prioritising their budget accordingly. Instead, the majority of the 2% increase in general rates will go towards wage rises for staff, which council has stubbornly refused to address (or even acknowledge).
Council wants to take the easy way out yet again, by charging ratepayers a new BIN TAX instead of doing the hard work necessary to manage the budget.
The waste and amenity levy (BIN TAX) would sit outside the 2% annual rate cap imposed by the Essential Services Commission. This gives council the option to increase the levy by whatever amount it wishes, and you can be sure it will – council will use the levy to fund its inability to manage its own budget. Council describes this inability to live within their own means the ‘rate capping challenge’.
IT’S A NEW TAX ON TOP OF YOUR EXISTING RATES
Councillors did not want to be held accountable at the ballot box for introducing a new tax this year, so have deferred its introduction until after the election. We are here to highlight the issue so that you have the chance to stop council by voting for an independent candidate that will vote against the BIN TAX and hold the council to account. Keep an eye on our website for an independent review of candidates running in the October election.
We say:
1. ROPP does not support the introduction of a Waste and Amenity Levy in addition to the burden of existing rates. Council need to get the budget under control instead of taking the easy way out: a new Bin Tax
2. Now is not the time to impose new taxes on a struggling economy. It’s not fair and it needs to be stopped.
Essential Services Commission’s role in waste levies
Council can levy a new charge in addition to existing rates, just like two councils did in 2018-19. This is subject to the oversight of the Essential Services Commission, however Councils retain full autonomy to introduce new charges. Council can opt to introduce a waste levy in a revenue neutral way, reducing general rates by the same amount that the new levy raises. This is what Maribyrnong did in 2019-20.
As Port Phillip Council said themselves on the now removed ‘waste challenges’ webpage :
“Council is also considering a proposal to introduce a waste and amenity levy, which would be a payment separate to Council rates to cover some, or all, of the costs incurred by council to deliver waste, recycling and cleansing services. This would enable Council to set a service rate or charge (levy) that’s in line with the true cost of the service.
UPDATE 15 AUGUST 2020: RoPP campaign successful in delaying new Bin Tax
We are pleased to see that the Bin Tax will not be introduced this financial year, according to Port Phillip’s updated web page.
Thanks to all for your help with our Bin Tax campaign!
The best way to ensure your rates are reduced to be in line with neighbouring councils, is to vote for a RoPP endorsed candidate at the upcoming October election. We will be releasing the exciting news about our endorsed candidates soon, so stay tuned.
- At the 4th December 2019 Council meeting, a “Waste and Amenity levy” was proposed to address the waste crisis, forecasted to add $64 million over the next 10 years to Council’s “rate cap challenge”. RoPP spoke at that meeting in opposition to the new Tax, unless the Council could provide more information.
- We finally received a written response from the CEO on July 2nd 2020, confirming that Council were considering options of how to fund the Bin Tax, including the levy being additional to existing rates.
- Our poster and leaflet campaign to stop the Bin Tax commenced on 30th July 2020.
- Council’s website still detailed the impending Bin Tax. Now those details have been removed, replaced instead with a statement about the deferral.
- Why would Council remove the details from their website? As of writing this, the minutes of the 4th December 2019 Council meeting where the Bin Tax was voted on, are also no longer available on their website. Further, we have discovered that almost 20 years of Council meeting agendas & minutes have been removed in the last week.
- Please refer to the end of this webpage for details of the Essential Services Commission’s role in waste levies.
The facts and our transparency speak for themselves. The Council’s backdown on a new Bin Tax shows that our campaign has had an impact. Council have rightly recognised the harshness of introducing a new tax on top of the burden of existing rates, in a time of economic crisis.
Port Phillip Council is one of the highest spending councils in the state and are now proposing to introduce an additional Waste and Amenity levy on top of the exorbitant rates you already pay.
See https://ropp.org.au/fact-check-how-high-are-port-phillip-rates-compared-to-neighbouring-councils/
So in addition to a 2% increase to total rates collected this year (the maximum allowable under the State government’s rate cap system), you would have to pay a levy for ‘Waste and Amenity’, “A BIN TAX” on this fundamental service. This would severely impact both ratepayers and residents at a time when many have lost their livelihoods, incomes and ability to pay.
Council claims that the reason they need to charge a new levy is because waste costs are rising at a greater pace than inflation. There are two issues with this:
1. Waste management, a core service of council, only accounts for 5.3% of the Port Phillip budget[1], meaning that even if this component increased by 10% per year, the effect on the overall budget would only be around 1-1.2%, well within the 2% rate cap.
2. Competent management should be able to absorb this fundamental service easily, by forecasting these cost issues and re-prioritising their budget accordingly. Instead, the majority of the 2% increase in general rates will go towards wage rises for staff, which council has stubbornly refused to address (or even acknowledge).
Council wants to take the easy way out yet again, by charging ratepayers a new BIN TAX instead of doing the hard work necessary to manage the budget.
The waste and amenity levy (BIN TAX) would sit outside the 2% annual rate cap imposed by the Essential Services Commission. This gives council the option to increase the levy by whatever amount it wishes, and you can be sure it will – council will use the levy to fund its inability to manage its own budget. Council describes this inability to live within their own means the ‘rate capping challenge’.
IT’S A NEW TAX ON TOP OF YOUR EXISTING RATES
Councillors did not want to be held accountable at the ballot box for introducing a new tax this year, so have deferred its introduction until after the election. We are here to highlight the issue so that you have the chance to stop council by voting for an independent candidate that will vote against the BIN TAX and hold the council to account. Keep an eye on our website for an independent review of candidates running in the October election.
We say:
1. ROPP does not support the introduction of a Waste and Amenity Levy in addition to the burden of existing rates. Council need to get the budget under control instead of taking the easy way out: a new Bin Tax
2. Now is not the time to impose new taxes on a struggling economy. It’s not fair and it needs to be stopped.
Essential Services Commission’s role in waste levies
Council can levy a new charge in addition to existing rates, just like two councils did in 2018-19. This is subject to the oversight of the Essential Services Commission, however Councils retain full autonomy to introduce new charges. Council can opt to introduce a waste levy in a revenue neutral way, reducing general rates by the same amount that the new levy raises. This is what Maribyrnong did in 2019-20.
As Port Phillip Council said themselves on the now removed ‘waste challenges’ webpage :
“Council is also considering a proposal to introduce a waste and amenity levy, which would be a payment separate to Council rates to cover some, or all, of the costs incurred by council to deliver waste, recycling and cleansing services. This would enable Council to set a service rate or charge (levy) that’s in line with the true cost of the service.
- Nonostante i costi aggiuntivi ogni anno assistiamo a un calo dei servizi nel comune
- Meno disponibilità di parcheggio
- Tasse di parcheggio e multe più costose
- Le strisce della spesa diventano zone morte
- Un aumento dei senzatetto e della droga colpiti nelle strade
- Rappresenta la comunità
- Promuovere la responsabilità fiscale e
- I fondi del contribuente della domanda vengono utilizzati per servizi e amenità del Comune
- sostenibile da un punto di vista finanziario, così i residenti di tutti i mezzi possono continuare a vivere nella nostra grande comunità
- e che migliorano la vivibilità del nostro sobborgo
- rappresentare la comunità
- promuovere la responsabilità fiscale e
- esigere che i preziosi fondi del contribuente siano utilizzati per le attività del consiglio locale
Diciamo: tagliare i tassi per gli anziani, non costringerli a lasciare le loro case o ad indebitarsi.
Ci sono molti residenti a Port Phillip, come Tanya*, che affrontano l'incubo del Comune che chiede loro tariffe esorbitanti sapendo che con un piccolo reddito fisso o pensione non saranno mai in grado di pagare. Nella maggior parte dei casi, questi residenti sono semplicemente vittime innocenti di commissioni eccessive e tariffe inaccessibili.
Ad esempio, nel 1983, quando Adrian acquistò la sua prima casa a Middle Park, le tariffe erano di $ 500 all'anno. Ora costano $ 5000 ma il livello dei servizi non è aumentato sostanzialmente. La soluzione del comune per questi residenti in difficoltà è di ipotecare la loro proprietà al comune o di vendere e trasferirsi altrove. Il Consiglio ha quindi un avvertimento sulle loro case.
Il misero consiglio di 'aiuto' provvede a chi ha una tessera pensione
Molti residenti in pensione a Port Phillip sono sostenitori delle loro comunità. Molti sono nati e cresciuti nelle zone in cui ora vivono e sono orgogliosi di chiamare casa la nostra periferia. Quando il comune aumenta incessantemente i tassi a livelli non visti in altre parti di Melbourne, è necessario porre domande sull'equità di un sistema di tassi che costringe gli anziani a invertire il mutuo sulle loro case.
L'attuale livello elevato delle tariffe di Port Phillip sta aggiungendo stress inutile ai nostri anziani in un anno già stressante. Vogliono solo vivere tranquillamente le loro vite, con i loro redditi fissi, nelle case in cui hanno cresciuto le loro famiglie.
DICIAMO: non dovremmo tollerare questo trattamento spaventoso dei nostri cittadini anziani e chiediamo che le tariffe per gli anziani vengano tagliate. Il comune spende milioni ogni anno in progetti frivoli di ispirazione ideologica che sprecano milioni dei nostri dollari e non fanno che aumentare la pressione per coloro che sono in pensione. Con quasi il 42% di tutte le entrate del Comune speso per assumere tra gli 800 e i 900 dipendenti pubblici comunali, molti più dei comuni limitrofi, una delle ragioni per le nostre tariffe elevate è evidente. Molti sembrano esistere per scrivere all'infinito rapporti e non sono direttamente coinvolti nella fornitura di servizi. Questa è una massiccia burocrazia egoistica che ha molto spazio per l'efficienza e una migliore produttività in modo che possiamo occuparci meglio delle persone vulnerabili nella nostra comunità. La vera carità dovrebbe iniziare con i nostri anziani contribuenti che sono residenti a lungo termine della città di Port Phillip.
Vergogna per i nostri Consiglieri e il nostro Consiglio per aver indebitato i nostri residenti.
*La storia di Tanya è reale ed è presente in tutta Port Phillip, ma il suo nome e il suo volto sono stati cambiati per proteggere la sua identità. Il comune offre ai pensionati la possibilità di posticipare il pagamento delle loro tariffe fino a quando le loro proprietà non vengono vendute, momento in cui raccolgono le tariffe non pagate più gli interessi del 5% annuo, che è effettivamente un mutuo inverso.
Il comune ha pubblicato il progetto di bilancio 2021-22 per la consultazione della comunità. Se sei preoccupato per il piano del Comune di aumentare ancora i tassi e non l'hai già fatto, contatta i seguenti Consiglieri e chiedi loro di non aumentare i tassi nel Bilancio 2021-22 quando voteranno sulla mozione il 23 giugno.
- Cr Baxter
Tim.Baxter@portphillip.vic.gov.au
0466 495 250 - Cr Copsey
Katherine.Copsey@portphillip.vic.gov.au
0466 478 949 - Sindaco 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
Solo quattro consiglieri hanno dichiarato pubblicamente di sostenere il congelamento delle tariffe. Sono:
- Cr Bond
Andrew.Bond@portphillip.vic.gov.au
0481034028 - Cr Clarke
Rhonda.Clark@portphillip.vic.gov.au
0435 098 738 - Cr Pearl
Marcus.Pearl@portphillip.vic.gov.au
0466 448 272 - Cr Sirakoff
Christina.Sirakoff@portphillip.vic.gov.au
0435 419 930
Cos'altro dovresti sapere?
Riteniamo che il comune debba diventare più efficiente nel fornire servizi alla nostra comunità. Il Consiglio ci dice che un congelamento delle tariffe significa che i servizi devono essere tagliati, ma diciamo che il Consiglio non ha bisogno di preparare relazioni che nessuno vuole o legge. Scrivere un rapporto lungo 200 o 300 pagine che nessuno legge non è un servizio. Se i consiglieri votano a favore del congelamento delle tariffe, il CEO e il suo team dovranno identificare le efficienze piuttosto che tagliare i servizi. Il Port Phillip Council nega che ci sia un problema di tariffe a Port Phillip, ma i contribuenti sono solo dolorosamente consapevoli che stanno pagando due volte, tre o più volte le tariffe pagate per proprietà di valore simile nei comuni vicini. Il comune utilizza i tassi medi per confrontare Port Phillip con altri comuni, ma i tassi medi sono fuorvianti e ingannevoli perché abbiamo un rapporto molto più alto di unità / appartamenti rispetto alle case e che si inclina alla media verso un numero inferiore.
Fare riferimento a Fact Check su https://ropp.org.au/fact-check-how-high-are-port-phillip-rates-compared-to-neighbouring-councils/
UPDATE 15 AUGUST 2020: RoPP campaign successful in delaying new Bin Tax
We are pleased to see that the Bin Tax will not be introduced this financial year, according to Port Phillip’s updated web page.
Thanks to all for your help with our Bin Tax campaign!
The best way to ensure your rates are reduced to be in line with neighbouring councils, is to vote for a RoPP endorsed candidate at the upcoming October election. We will be releasing the exciting news about our endorsed candidates soon, so stay tuned.
- At the 4th December 2019 Council meeting, a “Waste and Amenity levy” was proposed to address the waste crisis, forecasted to add $64 million over the next 10 years to Council’s “rate cap challenge”. RoPP spoke at that meeting in opposition to the new Tax, unless the Council could provide more information.
- We finally received a written response from the CEO on July 2nd 2020, confirming that Council were considering options of how to fund the Bin Tax, including the levy being additional to existing rates.
- Our poster and leaflet campaign to stop the Bin Tax commenced on 30th July 2020.
- Council’s website still detailed the impending Bin Tax. Now those details have been removed, replaced instead with a statement about the deferral.
- Why would Council remove the details from their website? As of writing this, the minutes of the 4th December 2019 Council meeting where the Bin Tax was voted on, are also no longer available on their website. Further, we have discovered that almost 20 years of Council meeting agendas & minutes have been removed in the last week.
- Please refer to the end of this webpage for details of the Essential Services Commission’s role in waste levies.
The facts and our transparency speak for themselves. The Council’s backdown on a new Bin Tax shows that our campaign has had an impact. Council have rightly recognised the harshness of introducing a new tax on top of the burden of existing rates, in a time of economic crisis.
Port Phillip Council is one of the highest spending councils in the state and are now proposing to introduce an additional Waste and Amenity levy on top of the exorbitant rates you already pay.
See https://ropp.org.au/fact-check-how-high-are-port-phillip-rates-compared-to-neighbouring-councils/
So in addition to a 2% increase to total rates collected this year (the maximum allowable under the State government’s rate cap system), you would have to pay a levy for ‘Waste and Amenity’, “A BIN TAX” on this fundamental service. This would severely impact both ratepayers and residents at a time when many have lost their livelihoods, incomes and ability to pay.
Council claims that the reason they need to charge a new levy is because waste costs are rising at a greater pace than inflation. There are two issues with this:
1. Waste management, a core service of council, only accounts for 5.3% of the Port Phillip budget[1], meaning that even if this component increased by 10% per year, the effect on the overall budget would only be around 1-1.2%, well within the 2% rate cap.
2. Competent management should be able to absorb this fundamental service easily, by forecasting these cost issues and re-prioritising their budget accordingly. Instead, the majority of the 2% increase in general rates will go towards wage rises for staff, which council has stubbornly refused to address (or even acknowledge).
Council wants to take the easy way out yet again, by charging ratepayers a new BIN TAX instead of doing the hard work necessary to manage the budget.
The waste and amenity levy (BIN TAX) would sit outside the 2% annual rate cap imposed by the Essential Services Commission. This gives council the option to increase the levy by whatever amount it wishes, and you can be sure it will – council will use the levy to fund its inability to manage its own budget. Council describes this inability to live within their own means the ‘rate capping challenge’.
IT’S A NEW TAX ON TOP OF YOUR EXISTING RATES
Councillors did not want to be held accountable at the ballot box for introducing a new tax this year, so have deferred its introduction until after the election. We are here to highlight the issue so that you have the chance to stop council by voting for an independent candidate that will vote against the BIN TAX and hold the council to account. Keep an eye on our website for an independent review of candidates running in the October election.
We say:
1. ROPP does not support the introduction of a Waste and Amenity Levy in addition to the burden of existing rates. Council need to get the budget under control instead of taking the easy way out: a new Bin Tax
2. Now is not the time to impose new taxes on a struggling economy. It’s not fair and it needs to be stopped.
Essential Services Commission’s role in waste levies
Council can levy a new charge in addition to existing rates, just like two councils did in 2018-19. This is subject to the oversight of the Essential Services Commission, however Councils retain full autonomy to introduce new charges. Council can opt to introduce a waste levy in a revenue neutral way, reducing general rates by the same amount that the new levy raises. This is what Maribyrnong did in 2019-20.
As Port Phillip Council said themselves on the now removed ‘waste challenges’ webpage :
“Council is also considering a proposal to introduce a waste and amenity levy, which would be a payment separate to Council rates to cover some, or all, of the costs incurred by council to deliver waste, recycling and cleansing services. This would enable Council to set a service rate or charge (levy) that’s in line with the true cost of the service.
Gasworks Arts Park ha sedici artisti visivi residenti e un piccolo team di personale professionale che lavora per presentare un programma annuale di festival ed eventi, comprese le stagioni con alcuni dei principali festival artistici di Melbourne, mercati degli agricoltori, classi e workshop, opportunità di sviluppo creativo e professionale per artisti, programmazione per bambini e altro ancora. Inoltre, ogni anno nella sede vengono presentati oltre 200 eventi di arti dello spettacolo e 30 mostre di arti visive.
Gasworks si trova ad Albert Park, Melbourne, sul sito dell'ex impianto di gas di South Melbourne. Si trova a tre chilometri dal CBD e il distretto ospita quattro ettari di parco, due teatri, tre gallerie, una caffetteria, oltre a spazi per funzioni e laboratori.
Che cosa succede https://www.gasworks.org.au/whats-on
Rif. mappa Google: -37.843317, 144.946260
Cercano regolarmente domande da artisti e curatori per presentare domanda per mostre collettive o personali e danno la preferenza ad artisti e curatori che vivono e lavorano nella città di Port Phillip.
"Il terreno dove ora sorge Linden New Art fu acquistato nel 1870 dall'immigrato ebreo Moritz Michaelis (1820-1902). Il palazzo vittoriano fu costruito nel 1871 dal famoso architetto Alfred Friedrich Kursteiner (1829-1897) e i giardini circostanti furono progettati da giardiniere paesaggista e botanico, William Guilfoyle (1840-1912), che progettò anche i giardini botanici reali di Melbourne. Michaelis chiamò la casa Linden che significa "tiglio" in tedesco". - https://www.lindenarts.org/about-us/
"Non sono solo gli atleti. Siamo persone, dopo tutto, e, a volte si deve fare un passo indietro", ha detto ginnasta americano Simone Biles il Martedì, come ha lasciato l'arena delle Olimpiadi di Tokyo.
Questo mercoledì, anche Biles si è dimesso dalla competizione nella prima finale individuale di ginnastica artistica a Tokyo 2020, che si terrà giovedì.
Non ha ancora confermato se parteciperà nei prossimi giorni negli altri finali a quelli che qualificati a Tokyo:. salto e parallele asimmetriche (Domenica 1 ° agosto), Solitaire (il Lunedi, giorno 2 Agosto) e fascio di equilibrio (il Martedì, 30)
Anche se non tutte le il mondo ha la visibilità di Biles o vive sotto la pressione che gli atleti sono sottoposti a nella più importante competizione al mondo, gesto dell'atleta può servire da lezione e di riflessione per tutti, secondo gli specialisti di salute mentale intervistati dalla BBC News Brasile.
"Oggi si parla più di salute mentale nello sport, nella musica, nell'istruzione... e nel fatto ho che si discute demistifica il problema ", afferma la psichiatra clinica Lívia Castelo Branco.
Cosa c'è su https://www.theatreworks.org.au/now-playing/2021-season-program/
Google Map Ref: -37.86419612298049, 144.9760729411019
Erica Cunsolo 0466 227 014
Heather.Cunsolo@portphillip.vic.gov.au
Katherine Copsey 0466 478 949
Katherine.Copsey@portphillip.vic.gov.au
Pietro Martino 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
Cinque consiglieri fuori dal comune - Cunsolo, Baxter, Copsey, Martin e Crawford - hanno mostrato disprezzo per residenti e contribuenti.
Cinque consiglieri - hanno votato contro il congelamento dei tassi in questi tempi difficili per il Covid. Il costo per farlo è stato di soli 1,98 milioni di dollari.
Cinque consiglieri - hanno rifiutato un congelamento delle tariffe, nonostante il consiglio preveda un surplus di cassa di 4,4 milioni di dollari più 2,3 milioni di dollari da nuove proprietà.
Cinque consiglieri - hanno poi aumentato la spesa di 1,35 milioni di dollari per progetti di donazioni e animali domestici per gruppi di minoranza, fornendo poco per l'intera comunità.
NOI DICIAMO
Tieni la politica fuori da Port Phillip. I residenti ottengono molto poco per le tariffe esorbitanti che paghiamo. È ora di puntare il dito contro i Consiglieri che stanno aumentando le nostre tariffe, sprecando soldi e lavorando contro gli interessi di residenti e contribuenti. Se questi cinque consiglieri non possono votare per un congelamento dei tassi durante il COVID, quando lo faranno?
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.
Chiedi a questi 5 consiglieri 
Erica Cunsolo 0466 227 014
Heather.Cunsolo@portphillip.vic.gov.au
Katherine Copsey 0466 478 949
Katherine.Copsey@portphillip.vic.gov.au
Pietro Martino 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
Cinque consiglieri fuori dal comune - Cunsolo, Baxter, Copsey, Martin e Crawford - hanno mostrato disprezzo per residenti e contribuenti.
Cinque consiglieri - hanno votato contro il congelamento dei tassi in questi tempi difficili per il Covid. Il costo per farlo è stato di soli 1,98 milioni di dollari.
Cinque consiglieri - hanno rifiutato un congelamento delle tariffe, nonostante il consiglio preveda un surplus di cassa di 4,4 milioni di dollari più 2,3 milioni di dollari da nuove proprietà.
Cinque consiglieri - hanno poi aumentato la spesa di 1,35 milioni di dollari per progetti di donazioni e animali domestici per gruppi di minoranza, fornendo poco per l'intera comunità.
NOI DICIAMO
Tieni la politica fuori da Port Phillip. I residenti ottengono molto poco per le tariffe esorbitanti che paghiamo. È ora di puntare il dito contro i Consiglieri che stanno aumentando le nostre tariffe, sprecando soldi e lavorando contro gli interessi di residenti e contribuenti. Se questi cinque consiglieri non possono votare per un congelamento dei tassi durante il COVID, quando lo faranno?
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.