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Platform to perform SCHOOL productions of all sorts, guest speakers and soirees as well as music, dance and drama events now have a purpose-built venue at Patterson River Secondary College. Principal Maree Vinocuroff said the $1.5 million performing arts centre had a capacity of 250 people. Funds to build it came from the state government and the school. The centre took eight months to complete after having been “in the pipeline for 17 years”. “It’s a fantastic, professional learning space catering to the various needs of our many performing arts students,” Ms Vinocuroff said. The shows will go on: Dance teacher Hannah Tucker with Patterson River Secondary College dancers at the school’s new performing arts centre. Picture: Yanni
Rates cap ‘no problem’ Neil Walker neil@baysidenews.com.au KINGSTON residents should not fear cuts to services when the state government’s rates capping policy comes into force next financial year, according to Kingston Council. Council corporate services manager Paul Franklin has assured Kingston
residents that “council is well-prepared for rate capping and has taken it into account in its planning forecasts for the next several years”. The Labor state government crunched the rate rise numbers for councils across Victoria to reveal ratepayers faced an average rates rise of 5.99 per cent for each of the past ten years. Local Government Minister Natalie
Hutchins called the figure “an unfair and unsustainable burden for Victorian ratepayers”. The government will cap Victorian councils’ rates from 2016-17 in a move to “ensure councils are more open and accountable with their budgets”. Some councils believe the cap, dubbed the Fair Go Rates cap by the government, will mean councils will
not be able to deliver expected services to ratepayers. Ms Hutchins has dismissed this argument. “Our Fair Go Rates cap won’t cut existing budgets and it won’t stop councils providing much-needed services and facilities,” she said in a statement released over the weekend. “What it will deliver is greater value
for money and councils that listen and respond to the needs of their community.” Mr Franklin said Kingston Council’s rate rises for the past three years have been below the state average. Council’s rates rose 4.45 per cent in 2013-14, 4.06 per cent in 2014-15 and 4.25 per cent for 2015-16. Continued Page 9
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