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22 November 2024
Excessive rate hikes for some in Indigo Shire

SINCE Indigo Shire Council adopted its current rating strategy in 2016, one or another group of the shire’s ratepayers have been hit with excessively high rate rises.

Last year, farmers’ rates increased more than six times the 3.5 per cent rate cap mandated by the State Government.

This year owners of residential vacant land will see an increase almost eight times this year’s 2.75 per cent ra...

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