MEMBER for Mildura Ali Cupper is calling for an increase to the Federal Assistance Grants funding pool, not only to address rates imbalances, but to keep major infrastructure projects on track in the wake of COVID-19 related cost increases.
MEMBER for Mildura Ali Cupper has written to Victoria’s Local Government Minister, Shaun Leane, presenting a two-pronged solution to address the disproportionate burden affecting rural
MEMBER for Mildura Ali Cupper has written to The Hon Kevin Hogan, Assistant Minister to Local Government, to urge the Federal Government to join the RateGate campaign.
In the letter, Ms Cupper has requested that the Minister alter the way the Commonwealth’s Financial Assistance Grants scheme works.
A petition, delegation to Melbourne and stakeholder action team are among the measures being undertaken in a new campaign to highlight the unfair rates system in Victoria.
