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South Burnett Mayor Wayne Kratzmann (Photo: SBRC)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

June 24, 2013<\/strong><\/p>\n

South Burnett Mayor Wayne Kratzmann is angry that local councils are responsible for 80 per cent of infrastructure yet receive just 3 per cent of tax dollars collected by the Federal Government.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am aware that changing the funding model is difficult but should not be impossible,” he said.<\/p>\n

“I am going to lobby the Federal and State governments to adjust the funding to Local Government to 10 per cent of tax revenue, rising from 3 per cent to 4 per cent in the 2014\/15 year and by 1 per cent each year thereafter.”<\/p>\n

Mayor Kratzmann recently returned from attending the National Assembly of Local Government in Canberra.<\/p>\n

\u201cSpeakers again raised how of 100 per cent of taxes collected by the Federal Government, they keep 83 per cent,” he said.<\/p>\n

“And 14 per cent goes to the State Government.<\/p>\n

“This leaves a paltry of 3 per cent for Local Government which is embarrassing, an insult to local communities.”
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He said the status quo would not change unless there was loud and persistent community feedback.<\/p>\n

He said the Canberra assembly had noted a road with potholes was unacceptable but was often the norm in regional areas.<\/p>\n

“The Federal Government has to answer the question, ‘Why are regional folks treated like second class citizens?’,” Mayor Kratzmann said.<\/p>\n

\u201cHow can this be justified?<\/p>\n

\u201cThe question needs to be asked of our Federal and State governments to justify their spending of hard-earned taxpayers dollars.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said Local Government made good decisions and should get more of the money and be responsible for spending it based on community needs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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