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To: South Australian Parliament
Protect our local services
We value the local services that make our communities vibrant, inclusive and safe.
Please sign this petition to show you value them too.
Why is this important?
When you think about your local community what springs to mind?
Perhaps it's taking your kids to the local library or playground; swimming laps at your local pool; playing at your local sporting club; taking your dog to the dog park or enjoying local food festivals and street parties?
These services are made possible by your local council - and they are now under threat.
The State Liberal Government wants to implement rate capping; an arbitrary one-size- fits-all
limit on council rates that restricts the ability of councils to provide essential community
services.
If rate capping gets up, we will see a reduction in services, reduced investment in
infrastructure and backlogs in crucial maintenance.
It means the services that contribute to building strong and vibrant communities are either reduced or discontinued entirely. Rate capping also means communities pay more for the things that they love.
In the most extreme cases overseas, important services like libraries have been handed over to untrained volunteers to run- or worse, privatised.
Imagine having to pay a fee to access your local library?
We don't want to see people forced to pay more for essential government services.
That's why we're calling on Members of Parliament to vote against rate capping.