Operating a farm in the 2020s is increasingly taxing, according to dairy farmer Jamie Vogels – while the state government “has been taxing increasingly.”
Despite the rise in Spring Street taxes, Mr Vogels said rural ratepayers were frustrated that the burgeoning bureaucratic bill had little return to regional Victoria.
“Look at council infrastructure like swimming pools or country halls. Where’s the money going? Country councils have to collect the fire services levy but we’re seeing very little flow back the other way.”
Jacinta Allan’s Emergency Services Tax hits every Victorian – but the hit to Farmers is unfair and could see some leave the Sector.
Without Farmers, Victorians will pay more for everyday grocery items.
The Emergency Services tax is causing financial pain to Victorians during a cost of living crisis – all to fund blackholes in the State Budget that is singularly focused on a train line from Cheltenham to Box Hill.
