{"id":9932,"date":"2013-10-08T14:43:39","date_gmt":"2013-10-08T03:43:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelwyres.com\/?p=9932"},"modified":"2013-10-08T14:43:39","modified_gmt":"2013-10-08T03:43:39","slug":"geelong-council-fibbing-over-gst","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelwyres.com.au\/mwdc\/2013\/10\/geelong-council-fibbing-over-gst\/","title":{"rendered":"Geelong Council Fibbing Over GST?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last week I found this really<\/i> curious tip voucher from the City of Greater Geelong (COGG), apparently to apologise for a rise in landfill costs.<\/p>\n

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“The Federal Government’s GST and carbon tax and the State Government imposed EPA levy – which has gone up again – have caused tip fees to increase. In fact, state and federal fees account for just under 60% of the fee you’re charged at the gate.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The GST? To my knowledge, the rate and base of the Goods and Services Tax<\/a> has not changed since it was introduced 13 years ago. How the GST has therefore caused a sudden increase in the cost of taking a load of rubbish to the tip is kind of baffling.<\/p>\n

The carbon price? There have been lots of warnings from the ACCC<\/a> towards organisations claiming the carbon price is the reason for price increases. I don’t know how the carbon price affects the chain of events when it comes to landfill, so I won’t make a positive or negative assessment of that claim, despite it seeming<\/i> to be a dubious claim.<\/p>\n

The EPA levy? According to the EPA website<\/a>, the price per tonne<\/i> has gone up only $4.80 since last year.<\/p>\n

In 2012-2013 it was $48.40 per tonne, and in 2013-2014 it was $53.20. That’s the cost to the council for dumping an entire tonne<\/i> of waste into a landfill.<\/p>\n

I don’t know about you, but the last time I did a tip run, I didn’t take an entire tonne<\/i> there. I suggest I’d have to do 200 tip runs before I got to an entire tonne<\/i>.<\/p>\n

Or about $0.02 a run, based on the $4.80 increase.<\/p>\n

This sounds like a complete load of codswallop.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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