Fire Service Levy

Next time you get your insurance bill have a look at the breakdown of the costs. You will probably see a BIG portion of the bill going to the Government and the biggest portion going to pay for the CFA ( Fire Service Levy).

I believe that the CFA and MFB need to be funded by EVERYONE not only those that have property insurance, fire does not discriminate. I have asked the Liberal government to examine the situation and the following is part of their response:

The Victorian Liberal Nationals Coalition is deeply concerned about the Brumby Government's increasing reliance on inequitable taxes and charges with the Fire Services Levy imposed on residential and commercial insurance policies being a prime example. Under this Labor Government, households and businesses throughout metropolitan and country Victoria that do the right thing and insure their properties, have been required to shoulder an ever increasing proportion of the cost of funding Victoria’s fire services. There is substantial evidence that this tax is not only inequitable but that it operates as a significant disincentive to insuring at all. The Coalition is currently consulting widely on the issue of the FSL and other state taxes, fees and charges and proposes to release a policy position closer to the November 2010 state election.

OFFICE OF KIM WELLS MP

November 2010, is too far away, action is needed now, before another insurance bill!

I will write more on this late, in the meantime please have a look at your insurance bill and e mail me some facts and figures, please.

Regards

Mario Galteri