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Firefighter Luke Alexander Speaks Out on the Proposed Fire Services Levy

• Homeowner rates will rise from $191 to $254 per year

• Commercial rates will rise from $749 to $1240

The United Firefighters Union has branded the Allan Government’s reforms to the Fire Services Levy a cynical cash grab to pad the budget bottom line at the expense of household budgets and public safety.

Analysis of government finances by University of Newcastle Professor Bill Mitchell shows that rates for the median homeowner will rise from $191 to $254 per year. Commercial and industrial property owners and farmers will see median levy rates rise from as little as $621 a year to more than $1200 per year.

The UFU acknowledges Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the land, and we pay our respect to their Elders, past and present.

The UFU supports the call of First Nations peoples for a Voice to Parliament to be enshrined in the Constitution.

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