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31 March 2025
Exorbitant levy passes lower house

PRIMARY producers will be hit hardest under proposed emergency service levy hikes that stand to triple if legislation passes through the Victorian parliament.

Comparison figures from the existing to the proposed variable rates have primary producers facing cost rises from 28.7 cents per $1000 capital improved value (CIV) to 83 cents.

It’s a cost that Whitfield cattle farmer and wine grape grower B...

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