The proposal does not guarantee that every component of a household’s council-related costs will rise by no more than 4%.
Rates cap excludes water charges and will not fully apply until 2029
The proposal does not guarantee that every component of a household’s council-related costs will rise by no more than 4%.
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What’s it going to be? A tilt towards extremism or a self-sacrificial Grand Coalition?
Ideas That Test My Strength
A bit of honesty would be preferable to trying to hoodwink the electorate with unworkable policies. You might fool some of the people some of the time but you won’t fool all of the people all of the time.
Quick Hit: Labour Breaks Both. Nat Breaks One. ACT Breaks Nothing.
Labour would force Woolworths and Foodstuffs to split retail from wholesale. National still hedges Foodstuffs behind ComCom. Seymour brings the scissors. Breakup season. Same aisle. Three scripts. Labour breaks both. Nat breaks one (maybe). ACT breaks nothing.