Mayors from the state's fire-ravaged areas are pleading for urgent NSW government rate relief as council notices are sent to more than 1000 homes that no longer exist
Mayors from the state's fire-ravaged areas are pleading for urgent NSW government rate relief as council notices are sent to more than 1000 homes that no longer exist.
Eurobodalla mayor Liz Innes said it was heartbreaking that people who "have lost absolutely everything" will start receiving rate notices for properties destroyed by bushfires."It is a legislative requirement that rates notices are sent [each quarter] and we certainly don't feel good about sending out rates to people who have lost their homes," Cr Innes said.
"The state government has been really responsive but bureaucracy is slow and not very nimble," Cr Innes said. "We do want to stress to people that we have a hardship policy so we want people to talk to us because we want to help them as much as possible," Cr Hayes said.
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