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color: #000000;\">Speaking at this week&#8217;s Australian Local Government Association (ALGA) regional forum, Mr Chester urged Council leaders to harden their message to Canberra.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">&#8220;Local Government in regional Australia is worse off under the Albanese Government, and collectively, regional Councils are doing nothing different as they advocate for a more sustainable funding model,&#8221; Mr Chester said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">&#8220;Here we are, at another ALGA conference in the nation&#8217;s capital, in furious agreement that Local Government is under-funded and disrespected by Canberra despite being the level of government closest to the people and best placed to deliver small to medium-size projects in a timely and cost-effective manner.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Mr Chester said regional Councils were in danger of being \u2018too polite\u2019 and needed to strengthen their demands on behalf of ratepayers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">&#8220;The time has come to be a lot harder and firmer on behalf of our rural and regional Australians in the demands regional Councils place on other levels of government for funding support,\u201d Mr Chester said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Local Government received about $4 billion from the total Commonwealth tax revenue of $593 billion in the last Federal Coalition Budget of 2021-22, accounting for 0.67 per cent.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Under Labor, Local Government was apportioned $3.8 billion from an increased total Commonwealth tax revenue of $755 billion in the 2024-25 budget, representing about 0.50 per cent.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; 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text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">&#8220;Local Government in regional Australia is going backwards, residents are worse off, and it&#8217;s all happening at a time when it&#8217;s the items mined, grown and produced outside of our capital cities that are giving the Treasurer a surplus,&#8221; Mr Chester said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">&#8220;Labor&#8217;s so-called signature Growing Regions program has taken two years to announce a single project, with nine out of 10 projects rejected.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">&#8220;This time, we can&#8217;t even pretend they ran out of money because there&#8217;s $94 million unallocated in round one and a further $300 million in round two.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">&#8220;Labor is drip-feeding the funding, and regional Councils sit meekly, afraid to bite the hand that feeds them. 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