Mornings With John Mackenzie

John MacKenzie chats with Lisa from Woree about the Cairns Regional Council's investment property proposed rate increase. Lisa was responding to Councillor Olds and Moller from the previous day, in particular, the story about a collective of ratepayers who successfully sued Mackay Regional Council over the same issue. As a result, the state government changed the law so that the act allows for differing rate charges for non-principal places of residence. With over 30,000 people in Cairns with a non-PPR property, Lisa expects the petition against this proposal, which has nearly 3000 signatures, to garner strong support.