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Rental Housing Crisis A shortage of rental housing stock across the Border and Northeast is leading to desperation, and fears that some locals will be forced to leave the area in order to have a roof over their head. With many owners selling rental properties to cash in during the ‘hot’ property market, and city dwellers moving to the regions to work remotely, the rental crisis is being felt across the region. The issue was highlighted further after Member for Indi Helen Haines expressed her disappointment to Kylie and Kev that the issue wasn’t raised in the Federal Budget.

Charity Groups Tax Whack Charity Groups Tax Whack Organisations like the WDEA-run Big R's Shed will be hit hard with the Municipal and Industrial Landfill Levy increasing by 60 per cent 14 May 2021 | 11:01am Local Charities Slugged With New Bin Tax Local charities are set to be slugged thousands of dollars as the state government's increased bin tax comes into play. Member for South West Coast Roma Britnell says charities and not-for-profits, like WDEA Works Social Enterprises, will be hit hard with the Municipal and Industrial Landfill Levy increasing by 60 per cent. Article continues bel...

New Bins From Next Week 13 May 2021 | 04:01pm New Rubbish Bins To Complete Four-Bin System With the dedicated glass-only bins rolled out citywide in April, Warrnambool households are set to receive their final new bins for rubbish collection from next week. This completes the municipality’s transition to a four-bin system, with collections to change from weekly to fortnightly. Article continues below The volume of material able to be collected has increased with the new mix of bins, with the changes made aimed at diverting material from landfill and directing waste into recycling streams or...