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I also note this. I console myself by considering that at least at the State & Federal level , all this expenditure has to get past the opposition, so there's at least some kind of check. Also, I cut them some slack cause you can't please everybody. But local government has no opposition. The...

If only it was a "nerve" .... Gees..I wish ! If it was only a "nerve" I woudn't give a rats. It's the thieving sticky fingers on my wallet that hurts !! :mad: With no system of checks and balances and no alternative. LL

Nanny state we have become !! Absolutely. Count me "IN" the "plenty". I pay the rates and don't get any value from these "extra" services that some do-gooder has decided should be provided. How come rates ALWAYS go UP. Nobody EVER considers less services and less taxes/rates? Councils are...

Agree completely. We have IPs in Melbourne and SE Queensland . Gold Coast, Brisbane, Ipswich. The rates in Qld are substantially higher. Ipswich rates are ridiculous. But then, so is the Ipswich council !! Local government is "out of control" IMO. It's the only level of gov't that has no...