Some ratepayers are upset at the decision by the staff of the East Gippsland Shire Council to re-classify certain properties from Farm Land (95%) and Residential Land (100%) to Commercial and Industrial Land (145%). The % shown is the percentage by which the Rates on a property vary from the Residential rate; ie. the Farm [...]
Entries from June 2009
East Gippsland Shire – Commercial & Industrial rates
June 27th, 2009 · 4 Comments
Tags: East Gippsland Shire Council
Darren Chester has intestinal fortitude.
June 25th, 2009 · No Comments
I was surprised and pleased that Darren Chester crossed the floor and voted against the increase in the alcopops tax. I am not commenting on whether or not it was the right decision but more importantly it shows that Darren has the ‘guts’ to stand up, oppose the majority in the coalition, and to cast [...]
Tags: Government & political
East Gippsland? Where is it?
June 25th, 2009 · 2 Comments
Hi everyone. Sorry that there has been no activity on this site for some weeks. I have been overseas in Egypt and Europe since 12th May. While away the programmers at WordPress brought out a new version which I uploaded and it ‘stuffed’ the whole administration of the site. Don’t know what has happened, but [...]