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The Newcastle Alliance has made a submission to IPART in relation to the Application for Special Rate Variation made under Section 508 by Newcastle City Council (NCC) for the 2012/13 rate determination.

The Newcastle Alliance has engaged at its own cost, an independent business and economic advisory consultancy, The Callaghan Institute (TCI), to review NCC’s proposed budget for the 2012/13 financial year, its long term planning, and its submission to IPART.

That Report highlighted a number of financial concerns with NCC’s long term planning, and its submission to IPART for a Special Rate Variation of 5%.

The Newcastle Alliance is strongly opposed to IPART granting a special rate variation to NCC. We strongly believe that NCC has fallen down in a number of basic financial fundamentals and that the Newcastle ratepayers should not be burdened with an attempted quick and easy fix for their long term financial problems.

To read the full details of the Newcastle Alliance's Submission - Newcastle Allliance IPART Submission 2012

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