Farmers fight rising rates - The Guardian

Barcode glitch sees rates rise by tens of thousands on Northern Beaches - Manly Observer

An error with the barcode used to scan rates instalment notices at Australia Post has Northern Beaches residents asking if the rate rises have come early. Readers notified Manly Observer of residents trying to pay for their Northern Beaches Council rates at Australia Post, only to discover they owe hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Farmers fight rising rates - The Guardian

THE Victorian Opposition and peak farming body have called for a stop to changes to the fire services levy, saying it will unfairly impact regional and rural people. The Victorian Farmers Federation wants the Bill to be debated in the upper house at...