Councillors vote to apply for Special Rate Variation to increase Port Stephens rates by 7.5%

By Charlie Elias
Updated November 7 2018 - 10:58am, first published October 10 2018 - 9:00am
Residents against the rate rise with councillor Giacomo Arnott and Port MP Kate Washington outside the council chambers on Tuesday night.
Residents against the rate rise with councillor Giacomo Arnott and Port MP Kate Washington outside the council chambers on Tuesday night.

Port Stephens ratepayers are to be slugged an extra 7.5 per cent in rates for the next seven years after councillors voted on the Special Rate Variation (SRV) against the backdrop of another highly volatile council meeting held on Tuesday night.

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