Junee council has taken aim at plans to force local government areas to pay a 23.6 per cent emergency services levy shortfall

Emma Horn
Updated May 22 2019 - 5:38pm, first published May 21 2019 - 7:46pm
EMERGENCY RESPONSE: The Rural Fire Service responds to a bushfire on Wagga's Willans Hill in 2011. The state government will charge councils an increased emergency services levy from July 2019.
EMERGENCY RESPONSE: The Rural Fire Service responds to a bushfire on Wagga's Willans Hill in 2011. The state government will charge councils an increased emergency services levy from July 2019.

Councillors have expressed outrage at the state government's plans to increase the emergency services levy by 23.6 per cent in the new financial year.

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Emma Horn

Emma Horn

Supervising producer

Supervising producer of the national video team. Former features and weekender writer for The Daily Advertiser. Now based in the NSW Hunter region. Small, quiet, and a student of the Julie Bishop School Of Staring. Usually dressed in something colourful, always snacking on something homemade. Friend to most mothers and all dogs. Got stories? Get in touch. emma.horn@austcommunitymedia.com.au