Councils 'Name and Shame' on ESVF - Euroa Gazette

Councils 'name and shame' on ESVF - Euroa Gazette

A peak municipality body is taking steps to let ratepayers know exactly how much the Victorian government's Emergency Services Volunteer Fund (ESVF) levy is costing them.Rural Councils Victoria (RCV) said in a statement the ESVF was a new tax that councils were being required to collect on the state government’s behalf.“The ESVF is expected to rip tens of millions of dollars out of rural municipalities alone, though the Victorian government has …

NSW Country Mayors reiterate cost shifting frustrations: CMA I Australian Rural & Regional News

Country Mayors Association of NSW (CMA), Media Release, 14 July 2025 Local Government NSW released a new report on ‘cost shifting’ last week and the Country Mayors Association of NSW (CMA) has reiterated their frustrations and the fact that the impacts are more deeply felt in rural, regional and remote communities. Cost shifting is the terms given to the offloading of cost burdens by State and Federal Governments onto already cash starved Local …

NSW ratepayers slugged $500 each in ‘cost shifting’

LGNSW says cost shifting from the state and federal governments has loaded councils with an extra $1.5bn burden.