CFA Trucks resolutely reminding the Premier that they exist and like everyone impacted by the Sham Emergency Services Tax matter. Stop the Tax!

Gobsmacked – Government cannot even say what the CFA budget will be at budget estimates.

Thousands of CFA and VicSES who own a business have been denied access to rebates on their commercial properties under the Allan Government’s new emergency services property tax, which comes into effect on July 1.

Even sitting ALP members knew nothing of what the Treasurer and Premier were up to in introducing this wrongful tax. Enquiry Now!

In the already well underfunded Emergency Services Sector Treasurer Jaclyn Symes rips $165 million from existing costs. While Jaclyn sleeps at night the risk to the community is treacherous. The current service cannot cope Jaclyn it is your responsibility to fund to look after the community. What don’t you understand about that. We implore you to desist from this madness and correct the premier’s and your mistake now!

Treasurer forced to admit $12million ‘Admin’ Cost for the New Tax.
May 16 – ABC News, on the New Tax:
Ms Allan said every dollar raised would go back to emergency services and be reported on annually. It does not add up!

More evidence the TAX is not going to Emergency Services. At 4.52pm last Friday Ms Symes issued a government gazette outlining how the new $1.55 billion emergency services levy will be distributed across agencies in 2025-26

Jaclyn Symes & Jacinta Allan’s kick in the teeth Tax on Farmers and the Community at large.

Community Leaders from across Victoria committed to Scraping the Allan Governments New Tax on every Victorian household, dishonestly described as a ‘volunteers levy’.

This action is just another dirty attempt at raising money to pay off the states debt and will not help Emergency Services one bit. Click to Read the Statement from the Not In Our Name Alliance

Horsham rate payers are facing one of the highest increases in the state on the previous Fire Services Levy

Supporting farmers, volunteers and families adversely affected by drought and the Allan Government’s new tax on every property in Victoria, dishonestly described as a volunteers levy.

Treasurer & Premier are Tone Deaf! This is the truth their colleagues can see but the Treasurer and Premier obviously don’t care. There pushing the tax through and lack of action says everything about them!

“The catchment tax makes country people foot the bill for the government’s withdrawal of funding from environment works.”

Age Newspaper Saturday May 24, describes the perilous position the Government has placed farmers in with the introduction of the Fire Services Levy!

When thousands of farmers and firefighters descended upon Parliament House Melbourne, they have a good reason to be very angry!

Council’s have united as one to call on the Victorian Labor Government to rethink the Fire Services Levy bill which passed Parliament last week

The Community opposes the Fire Services Levy which all agree is a CASH GRAB by the government for their debt which will further increase the burden on everyone with the cost of living crisis!