PHOTO: Councils struggling to balance their budgets and manage increasing workloads have welcomed the approval to increase their rates.
SEVEN local councils are among 86 across the state who received the go ahead yesterday from IPART to increase their rates by up to 2.5%.
The Bogan, Coonamble, Gilgandra, Lachlan, Walgett, Warren and Warrumbungle shire councils had all requested modest increases between 1.8 and 2.5% when the...
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