Councils provide essential services Australians can’t do without, but this budget is the nail in the coffin for local government’s trust. It is the final blow for local government’s respect. And it is the latest in a litany of broken promises.
After last night’s Federal Labor Budget, hard-working Australians woke up to the realisation that the harder they work, the more this Albanese Government takes from them. In this misguided attempt to address intergenerational equity, they have achieved the complete opposite.
The Federal Budget has failed to deliver a long-term plan for the financial sustainability of Australia’s local government sector, leaving regional, rural and remote councils once again carrying the burden of rising costs, ageing infrastructure and growing community expectations without adequate support. Shadow Minister for Regional Development, Local Government and Territories, Senator Bridget McKenzie said…
The Coalition has attacked the lack of urgency in addressing financial sustainability for Australia’s 537 local governments, as the Albanese Labor government quietly reinstated a sustainability inquiry – something the Coalition has been calling for since early June. Federal Member for Parkes Jamie Chaffey said the Albanese Labor Government has been very slow to reinstate the stalled Standing…