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.

• 매년 추가 비용에도 불구하고 우리는 지방 자치 단체의 서비스 감소를 봅니다.
• 주차 공간 감소
• 더 비싼 주차 요금 및 벌금
• 사각 지대가되는 쇼핑 스트립
• 노숙자 및 거리에서 영향을받는 약물의 증가

• 커뮤니티 대표
• 재정적 책임 증진 및
• 수요 요금 납부자 기금은 지역 의회 서비스 및 편의 시설에 사용됩니다.

• 재정적 관점에서 지속 가능하므로 모든 수단의 주민들이 우리의 위대한 커뮤니티에서 계속 살 수 있습니다.
• 그리고 그들은 우리 교외의 생활 성을 향상시킵니다

• 커뮤니티를 대표하다
• 재정적 책임 증진 및
• 귀중한 납세자 자금이 지방 의회 업무에 사용되도록 요구

우리는 노인들을 집에서 쫓겨나거나 빚을 지게 하지 말고 금리를 인하한다고 말합니다.

Tanya*와 같이 Port Phillip에는 적은 고정 수입이나 연금으로는 결코 지불할 수 없음을 알면서 엄청난 요율을 요구하는 의회의 악몽에 직면한 많은 주민들이 있습니다. 대부분의 경우 이러한 거주자들은 과도한 지출과 감당할 수 없는 요금의 무고한 희생자일 뿐입니다.

예를 들어, 1983년에 Adrian이 Middle Park에 첫 집을 샀을 때 요율은 연간 $500였습니다. 지금은 $5000이지만 서비스 수준은 크게 증가하지 않았습니다. 이 고군분투하는 주민들에 대한 시의회의 해결책은 부동산 을 시의회 에 역 모기지하거나 매각하여 다른 곳으로 이사하는 것입니다. 시의회는 그들의 가정에 대해 경고합니다.

연금 카드에있는 사람들에게 조악한 '도움'위원회가 제공합니다.

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

포트 필립의 많은 은퇴한 거주자들은 지역 사회의 충실한 사람들입니다. 많은 사람들이 지금 살고 있는 지역에서 태어나고 자랐으며 우리 교외를 고향이라고 부르는 것을 자랑스럽게 생각합니다. 시의회가 멜버른의 다른 지역에서는 볼 수 없는 수준으로 요율을 가차 없이 인상할 때 노인들이 주택 담보 대출을 취소하도록 하는 요율 시스템의 공정성에 대해 질문을 해야 합니다.

현재 높은 수준의 Port Phillip 요금은 이미 스트레스가 많은 해에 우리 노인들에게 불필요한 스트레스를 가중시키고 있습니다. 그들은 고정 수입으로 가족을 키운 집에서 조용히 살기를 원합니다.

우리는 고령자에 대한 이 끔찍한 대우를 용납해서는 안 된다고 말합니다. 고령자에 대한 요금을 인하해야 합니다. 시의회는 수백만 달러를 낭비하고 은퇴한 사람들의 부담을 가중시키는 하찮은 이데올로기적으로 영감을 받은 프로젝트에 매년 수백만 달러를 지출합니다. 전체 시의회 수입의 거의 42%가 800-900명의 시의회 공무원을 고용하는 데 사용되며, 이는 이웃 시의회보다 훨씬 많습니다. 많은 사람들이 끊임없이 보고서를 작성하고 서비스 제공에 직접 관여하지 않는 것으로 보입니다. 이것은 효율성과 생산성 향상을 위한 많은 여지가 있는 대규모 이기적인 관료제이므로 커뮤니티에서 취약한 사람들을 더 잘 돌볼 수 있습니다. 진정한 자선은 포트 필립 시의 장기 거주자인 노인 납세자로부터 시작되어야 합니다.

주민들에게 빚을 지게 한 우리 시의원과 시의회에 부끄러운 일입니다.

*Tanya의 이야기는 실제이며 Port Phillip 전체에 울려 퍼지는 이야기이지만 그녀의 이름과 얼굴은 그녀의 신원을 보호하기 위해 변경되었습니다. 시의회는 퇴직자에게 재산이 매각될 때까지 이자율 지불을 연기할 수 있는 옵션을 제공합니다. 이 때 그들은 미지급 이자율에 5%의 이자를 징수합니다. 이는 사실상 역 모기지입니다.

시의회는 커뮤니티 협의를위한 2021-22 예산 초안을 발표했습니다. 시의회의 요율 인상 계획에 대해 우려하고 아직 그렇게하지 않으 셨다면 다음 시의원에게 연락하여 6 월 23 일 발의에 투표 할 때 2021-22 예산에서 요율을 인상하지 않도록 요청하십시오.

• Cr Baxter
  Tim.Baxter@portphillip.vic.gov.au
  0466 495 250
• Cr Copsey
  Katherine.Copsey@portphillip.vic.gov.au
  0466 478 949
• 크로포드 시장
  Louise.Crawford@portphillip.vic.gov.au
  0466 514 643
• Cr Cunsolo
  Heather.Cunsolo@portphillip.vic.gov.au
  0466 227 014
• Cr 마틴
  Peter.Martin@portphillip.vic.gov.au
  0435390 821

단 4 명의 의원 만이 금리 동결을지지한다고 공개적으로 밝혔습니다. 그들은:

• Cr 본드
  Andrew.Bond@portphillip.vic.gov.au
  0481 034 028
• Cr 클라크
  Rhonda.Clark@portphillip.vic.gov.au
  0435 098 738
• Cr 진주
  Marcus.Pearl@portphillip.vic.gov.au
  0466 448 272
• Cr 시라 코프
  Christina.Sirakoff@portphillip.vic.gov.au
  0435 419 930

그 밖에 무엇을 알아야합니까?
우리는 시의회가 지역 사회에 서비스를 제공하는 데 더 효율적이어야한다고 믿습니다. 우리는 시의회로부터 요금 동결은 서비스를 삭감해야한다는 것을 의미하지만 시의회는 아무도 원하지 않거나 읽지 않는 보고서를 준비 할 필요가 없다고 말합니다. 아무도 읽지 않는 200 또는 300 페이지 길이의 보고서를 작성하는 것은 서비스가 아닙니다. 시의원이 금리 동결에 찬성하는 경우 CEO와 그의 팀은 서비스를 삭감하는 대신 효율성을 식별해야합니다. Port Phillip Council은 Port Phillip에 요금 문제가 있음을 부인하지만 요금 납부자들은 이웃 의회에서 비슷한 가치의 부동산에 대해 지불 한 요금의 두 배, 세 배 또는 그 이상을 지불하고 있다는 사실을 고통스럽게 알고 있습니다. 시의회는 평균 요율을 사용하여 포트 필립을 다른 시의회에 벤치마킹하지만 평균 요율은 오해의 소지가 있고기만적인 이유는 우리가 주택에 대한 유닛 / 아파트의 비율이 훨씬 높고 평균 비율이 낮은 수치로 치우 치기 때문입니다.

https://ropp.org.au/fact-check-how-high-are-port-phillip-rates-compared-to-neighbouring-councils/에서 사실 확인을 참조하십시오.

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 Park에는 16명의 상주 시각 예술가와 소규모 전문 직원 팀이 있으며, 이들은 멜번의 저명한 예술 축제, 파머스 마켓, 수업 및 워크숍, 창의적이고 전문적인 개발 기회와 함께 시즌을 포함한 축제 및 이벤트의 연례 프로그램을 제공하기 위해 노력합니다. 예술가, 어린이 프로그램 등. 또한 매년 200개 이상의 공연 예술 행사와 30개 이상의 시각 예술 전시회가 개최됩니다.

Gasworks는 이전 South Melbourne 가스 공장이 있던 자리인 Melbourne의 Albert Park에 위치하고 있습니다. CBD에서 3km 떨어져 있으며 4헥타르의 공원, 2개의 극장, 3개의 갤러리 공간, 카페, 기능 및 작업 공간이 있습니다.

Whats On https://www.gasworks.org.au/whats-on

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"우리는 우리는 결국 사람입니다. 단지 운동 선수 아니며, 때로는 스텝 백을해야,"화요일에 미국 체조 시몬 빌스 말했다.

이번 수요일, Biles도 목요일에 열리는 2020 도쿄도에서 개인 체조 결승전에 출전하지 않기로 결정했습니다.

그는 다음 날 다른 대회에 참가할지 여부를 아직 확인하지 않았습니다. 사람에 진출하는 자격을 갖춘 도쿄 :. 점프 (화요일, 30) (월요일 8 월 2 일), 카드 점과 균형 빔 (일, 8 월 1 일) 평행봉

이 아니지만 모든 세계는 선수가 세계에서 가장 중요한 경쟁을 실시하는 압력 Biles 또는 삶의 가시성을 가지고, 선수의 제스처는 BBC 뉴스 브라질의 인터뷰 정신 건강 전문가에 따르면, 모두를위한 교훈과 반사 역할을 할 수 있습니다.

"오늘날 스포츠, 음악, 교육 분야에서 정신 건강에 대한 더 많은 이야기가 있습니다. 임상 정신과 의사인 리비아 카스텔로 브랑코(Lívia Castelo Branco)는 "그것이 논의되고 있다는 것은 문제의 신비를 풀어준다"고 말합니다.

헤더 쿤솔로 0466 227 014

Heather.Cunsolo@portphillip.vic.gov.au

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

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

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

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

Cunsolo, Baxter, Copsey, Martin, Crawford 등 5명의 연락이 닿지 않는 시의원은 거주자와 요금 납부자를 무시했습니다.

5명의 의원 - 이 힘든 코로나 시기에 금리 동결에 반대했습니다. 이를 수행하는 데 드는 비용은 198만 달러에 불과했습니다.

5명의 시의원 - 시의회가 440만 달러의 현금 잉여금과 230만 달러의 신규 부동산으로 예상했음에도 불구하고 요금 동결을 거부했습니다.

5명의 의원 - 소수 그룹을 위한 유인물 및 애완 동물 프로젝트에 135만 달러 지출을 증가시켜 전체 커뮤니티에 거의 제공하지 않았습니다.

우리는 말을
포트 필립에서 정치를 유지하십시오. 주민들은 우리가 지불하는 엄청난 요금에 대해 거의 받지 못합니다. 이제 요금을 인상하고, 돈을 낭비하고, 거주자와 요금 납부자의 이익에 반하는 시의원을 지적할 때입니다. 이 5명의 의원이 COVID 동안 요금 동결에 투표할 수 없다면 언제 투표할 것입니까?

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.

이 5명의 의원에게 물어보세요

헤더 쿤솔로 0466 227 014
Heather.Cunsolo@portphillip.vic.gov.au

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

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

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

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

Cunsolo, Baxter, Copsey, Martin, Crawford 등 5명의 연락이 닿지 않는 시의원은 거주자와 요금 납부자를 무시했습니다.

5명의 의원 - 이 힘든 코로나 시기에 금리 동결에 반대했습니다. 이를 수행하는 데 드는 비용은 198만 달러에 불과했습니다.

5명의 시의원 - 시의회가 440만 달러의 현금 잉여금과 230만 달러의 신규 부동산으로 예상했음에도 불구하고 요금 동결을 거부했습니다.

5명의 의원 - 소수 그룹을 위한 유인물 및 애완 동물 프로젝트에 135만 달러 지출을 증가시켜 전체 커뮤니티에 거의 제공하지 않았습니다.

우리는 말을
포트 필립에서 정치를 유지하십시오. 주민들은 우리가 지불하는 엄청난 요금에 대해 거의 받지 못합니다. 이제 요금을 인상하고, 돈을 낭비하고, 거주자와 요금 납부자의 이익에 반하는 시의원을 지적할 때입니다. 이 5명의 의원이 COVID 동안 요금 동결에 투표할 수 없다면 언제 투표할 것입니까?

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.