Whitsundays tops Mackay, Isaac neighbours for lowest rate rise

Mayor Julie Hall has delivered her first budget since her shock election and there’s some good news for ratepayers compared to Mackay, Isaac neighbours. Here’s why.

The modest increase is below the 4 per cent and 3.8 per cent increases levied by the Isaac and Mackay councils and well below the CPI rate of 6.3 per cent, the standard measure for household inflation.

Ms Hall said the council had worked hard to deliver a “financially sustainable budget”.

“This is my first budget as…

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