Thursday, March 18, 2010

FSL "FLAWED"

Fire service funding 'flawed'

KAREN KISSANE  March 18, 2010 THE AGE
 THE system for funding fire services is unfair because only people who take out home or contents insurance pay for it, the Bushfires Royal Commission heard yesterday.
It was also told that broadening the system would create a different kind of inequity because poorer people, such as age pensioners, would struggle to contribute.

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