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Council against emergency services fund

SWAN Hill Rural City Council has joined a growing chorus against the proposed emergency services and volunteers fund, saying “piling on a new tax is not just unfair, it’s a cruel and reckless burden”. Mayor Cr Stuart King warned that the proposed transition from fire services property levy to the ESVF was not suitable to […]

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