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South Burnett Mayor Keith Campbell (Photo: SBRC)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

November 27, 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n

The South Burnett Regional Council has hired a debt collection agency to recover overdue rates.<\/p>\n

Gold Coast-based Recoveries and Reconstruction (Aust) Pty Ltd<\/a><\/strong> will begin posting letters of demand residents this week, giving them 14 days to pay their outstanding rates.<\/p>\n

Anyone who receives a letter of demand should direct them to Recoveries and Reconstruction on 1300-556-863, not to Council.<\/p>\n

Letters won’t be sent to land owners who have an approved up-to-date payment arrangement with Council.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is unfortunate that Council has been forced to take this action against ratepayers who have repeatedly ignored requests to pay their rates, or who have defaulted on their commitment to pay off their rates by instalments,” Mayor Keith Campbell said.<\/p>\n

“The majority of people do pay their rates on time, or do maintain their payment commitments. To these people, Council says thank you.\u201d<\/p>\n

Council has urged anyone who receives a letter of demand from Recoveries and Reconstruction to read and follow the instructions it contains.<\/p>\n

Failure to pay the overdue rates or to set up a payment commitment within the stated timeframe would result in further costly legal action.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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