Budget 2017-18 – Local governments picking up the pieces.
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Budget reveals funds being re-allocated to unrelated initiatives.
Bill McArthur vacates after losing re-election in Golden Plains Shire.
Eight priorities listed to help boost local and community infrastructure.
MAV says previous years’ revenue remains left idle by state government.
Rate increases kept to a 10-year low at 3.8 per cent.
Bill McArthur, President of the Municipal Association of Victoria (MAV), talks to GovNews about the challenges councils face and some of the innovative ways they can govern more effectively.
Victorian councils guided in setting up wireless internet for the public.
Councils warned that blaming rate capping for staff and service cuts a no-no.
