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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2025
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INSIDE: ■ If it’s got Wheels | page 15 ■ Trades & Services | page 17 ■ 7 Day TV Guide | page 18 ■ SEN - Shepparton’s Home of Sport | page 19
Road resurfacing underway across the region Almost 50 local roads affected MOTORISTS can expect some traffic delays as Greater Shepparton City Council gets on with road resurfacing. From now until April 2025, multiple streets and roads throughout Greater Shepparton are impacted by necessary road resurfacing works, with almost 50 streets or roads across the municipality affected. Continued Page 10
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BEER TAX... A night out with a few beers has become a little more expensive as the latest increase to the beer tax came into effect Monday, February 3. It is feared local businesses like the iconic Aussie Hotel, where Manager Nick Swartz pictured applies his trade, will suffer if the Government doesn’t cut the twice-annual tax hike as several pubs around the country have closed in recent years. Photo: Aaron Cordy
Beer tax threatens quiet drinks with mates By Aaron Cordy A COUPLE of quiet beers to unwind just became a little harder on the pocket as the ‘beer tax’ went into effect Monday, February 3. The 84th hike since 1983, when the twice-yearly tax increase was introduced, has outraged brewers and publicans who fear the continued raising of taxes will put
a stranglehold on their businesses as pubs and clubs around the country have closed in recent years. “The way the cost of living is nowadays, and alcohol going up twice a year, it is certainly going to make it harder for us, no doubt. It’s like the Government is trying to put us out of business,” said Aussie Hotel owner Paul Tsorbaris.
“It’s ridiculous. Putting the tax up twice a year, then they put up the CDS, cash for cans. People don’t realise they’ve got to pay for that too. It just keeps going up, up and up. A slab of beer is going up nearly two bucks, and with the way the cost of living is now, can people afford it, probably not. So, at the end of the day, it Continued Page 6 does affect us.”
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