PHOTO: Councils will have to decide whether they want to raise rates to the maximum allowed by the NSW government. PHOTO: Western Plains App/ River McCrossen
“That’ll help pay for the morning tea.”
That was the reaction of Cobar Shire Council General Manager Peter Vlatko to the NSW Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal’s 4.3 per cent cap on rate rises in the 2025-26 financial year.
The cap, also known as the ‘rate peg,’ was released on 1 October and varies between 3.6 and 5.1 per cent for Local Governments Areas (LGAs) across NSW…