According to the Brisbane Times, Brisbane Mansfield has the biggest increase in municipal fees, which will also have a big impact on children`s local businesses.
In Wednesday`s 2018-2019 municipal government budget, city fees in the southeast of Brisbane will rise by more than 100 a year. But Mayor Graham Quirk also called his budget "a perfect 10 points."
Opposition party chieftain Peter Cumming said the increase in municipal fees will add 59 million yuan to taxpayer. He criticized Quirk for being arrogant and completely unaware of the real needs of Brisbane.
"where did these 59 million dollars go? Taxpayers have a right to know where the money went. "
The city of Brisbane, with the highest rate of increase in municipal fees:
1、Mansfield（6.9%）
2、Wishart（6.8%）
3、Wakerley（6.8%）
4、Seven Hills（6.6%）
5、Sunnybank Hills（6.5%）
Speaking on a Mansfield playground, mothers Larissa McCrea,Sinead Higgins and Phoebe Francey said that while city fees rose by 2.04 yuan a week, they did not sound like much, but had many other circulation effects on the city.
"We tried to get our kids to dance classes, and there were a lot of other things," McCrea said. "as a result, the price of the nursery center went up, and now the city fee is up, and the day is even more difficult."
Rising city fees, such as swimming lessons and dance lessons for children, will also hit local businesses, McCrea said, because rising costs will force people to cut similar spending.
"what are they going to do with the extra money they receive? Are they going to upgrade the park and the road? I hope I can get a reasonable explanation for the increase in municipal fees. "
Higgins queried why it was only a 10-minute drive out of town (for example, Mount Gravatt) `s city fees rose only 4.3 percent or 1.18 yuan).
Between 2018 and 2019, the difference between the highest and lowest municipal fees will reach 2043 yuan. Quirk said Brisbane`s municipal fees were based on a three-year average assessment. "the reason why municipal fees are rising in some places and falling in some places is also because of different assessments."
The city of Brisbane, where city fees are falling
1, Kangaroo Point (down 3.8%)
2, Cowan (down 1.7%)
3, Westlake (down 1.5%)
4, Bulwer (down 1.4%)
5, Seventeen Mile Rocks (down 1.3%)
The highest average city fee is Chandler 2929.10 yuan Chelmer 2810.42 yuan Hawthorne 2805.35 yuan Ascot 2675.15 yuan Burbank 2570.65 the lowest in Brisbane city Karawatha 886 yuan Rocklea 1115.50 Karana Downs 1119.23 yuan Pinkenba 1119.95 Meta Sumner 1120.64 yuan Quirk means, The city has always faced economic challenges. "We always have more to do, and we need to balance people`s ability to pay with the needs of the city. The message that people often give me is, `Mayor, don`t lag behind in infrastructure,` so that`s what we`re trying to solve. I understand that the lower the city fee is, the better, but it will also push Brisbane forward. "
