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People of Pakenham Making a Stand! Scrap the Tax
Together the Community of Pakenham made a stand on Tuesday night.
Jacinta Allan’s ‘Emergency Services’ Tax is nothing more than a cash grab that is being used to plug budget black holes, whilst CUTTING funds to our emergency services. Across Victoria, our Voices grow louder everyday!
Jaclyn Symes, Jacinta Allan – Your Wrongful Levy Has Further Placed All Victorian’s Under Great Stress! You Act As if the Stress you have caused to everyone Over 10 Years Is Not Enough! We’re All Hurting! Stop Now!
Jaclyn Symes, Jacinta Allan – Your Wrongful Levy Has Further Placed All Victorian’s Under Great Stress! You Act As if the Stress you have caused to everyone Over 10 Years Is Not Enough! We’re All Hurting! Stop Now!
Co-founder of Gippsland Jersey Speaks Out: Farmers Say “No” to Victoria’s Emergency-Services Levy
Co-founder of Gippsland Jersey Speaks Out: Farmers Say “No” to Victoria’s Emergency-Services Levy!
Farmers, families, and locals unite against Victoria’s unfair emergency-services levy. Only 10% goes to the CFA—while the rest fills a budget black hole. Communities deserve safety, not another hidden tax!
Big Hit to Ratepayers – Community Unites in Pakenham
Cardinia residents packed Pakenham Community Hall, uniting against the new tax. The message was clear: the tax hurts communities — #scrapthetax.
BIG HIT ON RATEPAYERS!
Cardinia Residents are expressing alarm as the new Tax appears on Rates Notices.
Join the Community tonight in saying #scrapthetax
Firefighters Turn Up the Heat on the Allen Government To Say Enough is Enough!
Firefighters are turning up the heat, hundreds of CFA volunteers rolled into Bendigo calling for one thing — fairness for the community.
As seen on Nine News, truck after truck rolled into Bendigo this weekend with firefighters from across the state sending a powerful message to the Allen Government: enough is enough. Hundreds of CFA volunteers joined the Firefighters Union in launching their biggest political campaign in more than a decade. Their demand is simple — scrap the unfair Emergency Services Tax. The community has been misled for too long, and now firefighters are standing together to demand the truth.
Burning Anger In Bendigo
Hundreds of firefighters rallied in Jacinta Allen’s hometown of Bendigo with a clear message for the Premier: enough is enough. Firefighters are waging a battle over pay and conditions, and they won’t let this government hide behind spin any longer. From Bendigo to every electorate, we’ll be knocking on doors and telling the truth about what’s really going on.
We are all hurting with this Wrongful Tax! Symes tells ABC Landline to Trust her! How can we! Symes record in politics shows she keeps breaking our trust again and again and again. Most often at the cost of the Community & Good People’s lives! Like the Tax Jaclyn Symes must go!
We are all hurting with this Wrongful Tax! Symes says Trust me! yet Symes record in politics shows she keeps breaking our trust again and again and again at the cost of the Community & Good People’s lives! Scrap the Tax!
Business Closures a Plenty. All thanks to Jaclyn Symes and Jacinta Allan’s Wrongful Emergency Service Tax Grab!
The impact of Jacinta Allan’s new Emergency Services Tax is the last straw for some small businesses.
The owner of a Clifton Hill grocery store says the Premier’s emergency services levy tax has forced his family’s 57-year-old business to close.
Albert Aiello said the $3500 Emergency Services Volunteer Fund Levy tacked on to his rates notice by the Allan government was the “final straw” for the store in Melbourne’s northeast.
#scrapthetax
Bendigo Rally – Stand Together, Defend What Matters – Scrap the Tax!
Bev McArthur MP – Speech to Parliament – Scrap the Tax! I want to thank everyone who joined the Wonthaggi rally against the Emergency Services Tax. I was honoured to provide the keynote address.
This tax is egregious, particularly for farmers and businesses, and Local Government should never be forced to act as the state’s debt collector. Labor’s tax grab must be stopped.
Bev McArthur MP – Speech to Parliament – Scrap the Tax!
Bev McArthur MP – Speech to Parliament – Scrap the Tax! I want to thank everyone who joined the Wonthaggi rally against the Emergency Services Tax. I was honoured to provide the keynote address.
This tax is egregious, particularly for farmers and businesses, and Local Government should never be forced to act as the state’s debt collector. Labor’s tax grab must be stopped.
Using the name of Firefighters/emergency service workers as a front to collect a tax that will not be spent on much needed emergency service areas is immoral and wrong!
Firefighter calls 3AW to point out his fire rates have doubled yet the fire service is being decimated with funding reduced to an already broken service. Using the name of Firefighters/emergency service workers as a front to collect a tax that will not be spent on much needed emergency service areas is immoral and wrong!
CFA fleet funding ‘a pittance’
Volunteers have dismissed the Victorian government’s $10m for CFA tanker replacement a “pittance” compared to the $1.53bn it will collect in emergency services tax.
Another Tax, Another Hit to Our Pockets and it’s nothing more than another cash grab!
Local Geelong families are already stretched, and this new levy makes life even harder. We need fair solutions that support, not punish, our community, not another tax that hurts Geelong households and businesses!
Treasurers $70k Trip to New York – Seat on a flight most will never afford, Swish Accommodation & high class Food most will never have as they are struggling to make ends and pay Jaclyns emposed taxes for the Governments lifestyle. What’s wrong with a $400 Zoom Jaclyn?
Victorian Treasurer Jaclyn Symes just blew $70,000 of your money on a New York junket. Now she wants you to pay an emergency services tax to cover the bill. Hasn’t she heard of Zoom?
Minister Faces Backlash in Own Electorate Over Emergency Levy – Scrap the Tax!
In the Minister for Emergency Services’ own electorate of Eltham, Council has raised serious concerns about the Emergency Services and Volunteers Fund levy. This tax is unrelated to local needs and unfairly impacts families, small businesses, and primary producers
Shocked Small Business Owner Calls Into 3AW – All Victorian’s Are Hurting Because of This Tax!
Moonee Valley resident calls into 3aw to discuss his despair at the unfair and wrongful tax that has been forced upon him by the Government who have wrongly called it a tax for Emergency Services whilst cutting Emergency Serv ices Funding. Just totally Wrong and all Victorian’s are hurting big time as a result of the State Government’s Actions?!
Opposition To Emergency Services Tax!
Ratepayers from across Bass Coast came together last Tuesday night to express their disappointment at the State Government’s Emergency Services and Volunteer Fund. Organised by Not in our Name – a community alliance – the meeting was told the tax was hitting households, farmers and businesses hard in a cost-of-living crisis.
Bushfire Risk and the impact Jaclyn Symes & Jacinta Allan’s Wrongful tax is having on Firefighters Morale
CFA Chief Officer on this coming Bushfire Risk and the impact Jacinta Allan’s tax is having on Volunteers morale.
Will Jacinta Allan be out there ‘thanking’ them this Summer whilst handing over an Invoice for their efforts?
This tax is offensive to those who put their safety on the line during these times.
It’s time for a Moratorium and a Public Inquiry.
Wimmera Environmental Action Group Live & The Bush Summit. Scrap the Tax! Scrap the Victoria Premier & Treasurer as Well!
Protestors from the wide Community were out in force to send a strong message to Premier Jacinta Allan and Treasurer Jaclyn Symes to scrap the unfair and wrongful Emergency Services Levy! A tax that is nothing more than a fill up for the VIC ALP Goverment’s Debt disgraceful bucket whilst on the other hand the slash and burn Victoria! The tax must be removed now and the Premier and Treasurer must resign!
What Sort of Government Introduces a MASSIVE New Tax on Farmers During a Drought?
According to the Victorian Farmers Federation’s State of the State Survey, 86% of farmers are “very concerned” about the levy, making it their number one issue. More than 9 in 10 farmers say the Government doesn’t understand or support them
Anger Grows Over the State Government Emergency Services Levy!
Premier Allan – Your Government must scrap this wrongful Tax. Treasurer Symes you must resign now. Your deception and wrongfully using the good name of Emergency Services Workers is beyond the pale!
Standing Up Against the Emergency Services Levy
Moyne Shire Council strongly opposes the State Government’s decision to pass the Emergency Services Levy onto residents. We know the strain this will place on our community, and we are committed to pushing back. We stand with you and will continue to fight on your behalf.
#scrapthetax
For Sunraysia’s Qualia Wines it means a $10,000 hike in the emergency services tax
For Sunraysia’s Qualia Wines it means a $10,000 hike in the emergency services tax it must pay on its 2025-26 rates notice. The previous fire services levy has gone up from a $15,676 bill in 2024-25, to $25,545 under the rebadged ESVF this financial year.
#scrapthetax
Unfair, Totally Unjust, Poorly Targeted! Symes must repeal this Tax and Resign!
I hope this makes our stance at Baw Baw Shire very clear. Unfortunately the tax is law and will have to be paid. Council has no choice whatsoever but to collect it. The biggest hit is to Farmers and Businesses who are doing it very tough. Symes must put the motions in place to repeal this tax now and resign!
Where’s the tax really going? – Scrap The Tax
Career Firefighter from Knox on the irony of being invoiced for Jacinta Allan’s new Emergency Services tax, that isn’t going to our Emergency Services. Where’s the tax really going?
$12.8 million will be taken out of the Brimbank Community and sent straight to Spring St.
12.8million will be taken out of the Brimbank Community and sent straight to Spring St.
This is money that won’t be spent in the local community, it is all about patching up Jacinta Allans financial mismanagement and with Emergency Services Cuts to their budgets won’t go where it is desperately needed. Scrap the Tax!
Rally Against the Emergency Services Tax!
Save the date! This is yet another rally by the people for the people demanding that Premier Allan and Treasurer Symes scrap this wrongful and deceitful tax that they both came up with. Scamming the people, impacting the quality of life of our community as they have is just another reason that proves to the people these two are not worthy to represent Victorians and have no place in parliament. Scrap the Tax!
CFA Groups Target Allan. Scrap the Wrongful Tax Now!
The new Emergency Services Tax proposed by Jacinta Allan has sparked outrage across Victoria, and community groups are uniting to stand up for what’s right!
This tax not only affects our dedicated CFA volunteers but also impacts every single one of us!
Let’s come together to support our heroes and make our voices heard! Share your thoughts below and tag a friend who should be in the loop!
Warnambool Mayor Warns Ratepayers to Brace for Allan and Symes Wrongful Tax! A Totally Flawed Tax!
Warrnambool City Council mayor Ben Blain is warning ratepayers to brace themselves as the state government’s Emergency Services Volunteer Fund becomes reality.
“This is a flawed levy that nobody wants, and which councils would rather not be collecting,” Cr Blain said
Victorian’s Reject Allan Government’s Wrongful Emergency Services Tax!
Victorians have overwhelmingly voiced their opposition to the Allan government’s controversial new emergency services charge.
Anger grows over the State Government’s Wrongful Emergency Services Levy
This is not a tax on profit. This is a wrongful tax on your very existence. STUNG by a jump in this year’s council rates farmers, householders, businesses and CFA volunteers gathered at the Wonthaggi Workmen’s Club to voice their strong concerns over the State Government’s new emergency services tax.
Enough is Enough: Stand With Bass Coast
The Community of Bass Coast turn out to say Enough is Enough! – Scrap the unfair Tax!
People are Hurting! Massive Push to Get Jacinta Allan Rightfully Booted from Her Seat. Jaclyn Symes Must Also Go. Scrap Their Wrongful Emergency Services Levy Now!
Rural firefighting volunteers have launched a livestock donation drive to fund their campaign against Victoria’s emergency services tax, vowing to target Premier Allan’s seat. Jacinta and Treasurer Jaclyn Symes the buck stops with you and you must go! Scrap the Tax!
Rate Rises Hit Struggle Street – All Thanks to Jacinta Allan and Jaclyn Syme’s Wrongful Emergency Services Levy!
Bass Coast Residents have been left in Shock as they opened their Rates Notices last week!
Local Business owners are considering whether they can continue trading, as they are saying – Enough is Enough – Scrap the Tax!
Cuts to Emergency Services, $14million for bins? Is this where the new tax is going??
Using the good name of Emergency Service personnel to introduce this tax is duplicitous! Wasting the money on more Vic Alp waste and not funding emergency services putting lives of the community at risk is ludicrous!
14 million for bins? Is this where the new tax is going?? In a fair and honest society where Governments are of integrity and accountable to the people this rubbish (sic) would not happen!
Every Victorian will be impacted by Jacinta Allan’s and Jaclyn Symes New Tax.
Using the good name of Emergency Service personnel to introduce is duplicitous!
It is a Tax grab that does nothing for Emergency Services, it is being used to plug holes in a budget riddled with projects that are over budget – the money being stripped from local communities and sent straight to Spring St.
In fact there will be cuts to: FRV, CFA and SES.
Your Emergency Services Levy – Where’s it really going?
Rates notices have started appearing in letter boxes where Loddon Shire Rams home the message that they are being forced by the State Labor Government to collect the Emergency Services Levy. A wrongful ill thought through tax!
Seeing Red – Loddon Shire Disgust at Being Forced to Collect and Ill Thought Out and Wrongful Tax! Residents are being Forced to Pay up To 25% Higher Rates!
Rates notices have started appearing in letter boxes where Loddon Shire Rams home the message that they are being forced by the State Labor Government to collect the Emergency Services Levy. A wrongful ill thought through tax!
Rates are Arriving – Huge Shock at a Huge Wrongful and Ill Thought Through Tax! Scrap the Tax!
Victorians are receiving tax notices with their rates.
One homeowner in Mitchell Shire was hit with a $4,000 bill.
Next year the Government is putting it up again!
#scrapthetax
Treasurer Jaclyn Symes & Premier Jacinta Allan Here’s Reality. You Have Doubled Rates & Are Reducing Funding for Emergency Services. Lies & Lies!
Small businesses across Victoria are feeling the pinch from Jacinta Allan’s new Emergency Services Tax. #VictoriaBusinesses #CommunityFirst#scrapthetax
Treasurer Jaclyn Symes & Premier Jacinta Allan Deceiving Victorians as they up this Wrongful Tax that Won’t go to Emergency Services. Stop the Tax!
Former Emergency Services Minister and now Treasurer, Jaclyn Symes, lets the cat out of the bag.
The ‘Emergency Services’ Tax, introduced using the Good name of Emergency Services personnel, will be going up each year.
This tax will see every Victorian impacted to plug holes in the State Governments budget. Despite the increased tax, CUTS are forecast for FRV, CFA, SES and many other agencies.
It hits Residential, Commercial, Industrial, Primary Production, Public Benefit, and Vacant Land — yes, it impacts us ALL!- Scrap the Tax Rally!
Victorian Fire Services Levy – Unfair Tax on Everyone: Homes, Businesses, Farms, Public Land & More. Join us on September 19th Wonthaggi Workmen’s Club 7pm as we Stand Together to Stop the Tax!
Defend CFA Volunteers – Defend Farmers – Defend the Victorian Community – Scrap the Tax Rally!
Silent protect highlighting to Jacinta Ermacora MP who voted for the tax that the this levy/tax will not only cost the community money, it will cost lives! Stop the Tax!
We’re Not Going Away! This Levy/Tax Will not Only Cost Everyone Real Money – The Strategy That They Voted for Will Cost Lives!
Silent protect highlighting to Jacinta Ermacora MP who voted for the tax that the this levy/tax will not only cost the community money, it will cost lives! Stop the Tax!
Jacinta Allan’s new tax pushing residents further into the cost of living crisis?
Is Jacinta Allan’s new tax pushing residents further into the cost of living crisis? 🚨
La Trobe Councillor, Sharon Gibson, raises a crucial point: this tax could hit hard on families already struggling to make ends meet. With rising costs affecting our daily lives, we need to stand together and voice our concerns
City of Wodonga Want Action! Stop the Tax!
The City of Wodonga have requested that Jacinta Allan’s New Emergency Services ‘Tax’ be placed on the upcoming Municipal Association of Victoria Conference Agenda.
Well done to Wodonga Council for advocating strongly on behalf of their community, particularly noting the extra financial burden it will place on them.
This new tax impacts every single Victorian, yet despite its introduction Jacinta Allan has forecast CUTS to our Emergency Services this year, as per the Government Gazette of 30 May 2025.
Premier Jacinta Allan Dancing Around Reality! Rebate Rule Reality Bites!
Volunteers whose names are not on rate notices will not be able to claim the one of levy rebate. A rebate that has more deliberately made holes in it in order to cash up the in-debt government than a slice of Swiss cheese.
Are you ready for the new Emergency Services Tax hitting your mailbox?
Councils Continue the Fight against this Wrongful Tax!
Bev McArthur MP is a strong voice for regional Victoria and will be joining us in Bass on Tuesday 19 August. All welcome. I’ve personally hired the Kirrak Room at the Wonthaggi Workman’s Club, let’s fill it and make our concerns to government known (entry is free yet if you can spare a few dollars donation to help me towards costs would be greatly appreciated)..
Meeting starts at 7pm.
If you would like a meal (optional) please order at the bistro on your way in and it will be delivered to the Kirrak room.
South Gippsland Sentinel-Times