Bushfire Victims are denied relief.
Bushfire survivors whose homes were wiped out in January have been denied council rates relief and stamp duty exemptions, piling fresh costs onto families trying to rebuild.
The Allan government has failed to match disaster relief offered under former premier Daniel Andrews, despite pleas from locals, as the recovery drags into its third month.
In the immediate aftermath of the 2020 Black Summer bushfires, victims were granted waived water rates and other charges, ex‑gratia land tax relief and stamp duty concessions of up to $55,000 for those purchasing a new home.
The clean-up program also covered both insured and uninsured properties.
However, this time the state government has only covered uninsured and underinsured properties, leaving many bushfire victims to endure the huge clean up effort themselves.
