Support for Farmers

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Do you need assistance on your farm?

Rates Payments Support

If you are experiencing difficulties that may prevent you from paying your rates and charges by the due date, you can apply for a payment arrangement. This arrangement will enable you to pay your rates regularly on a weekly, fortnightly or monthly basis. Please note that interest will continue to accrue.

Please complete our online Rate and Charges Payment Arrangement Form or General Hardship Application form.

Anyone experiencing financial hardship in relation to any amounts owed to Council, should contact Council's Revenue Coordinator on 55730444. 

Single Farm Enterprise Exemption

Where multiple parcels of farmland are used to operate a single farming enterprise (SFE), a person may only be required to pay the Municipal Charge and the Fire Services Property Levy (FSPL) fixed charge once by applying for the single farm enterprise exemption.

The Municipal Charge must be paid on at least one rateable land within the single farming enterprise in each Council. The FSPL fixed charge must be paid on at least one leviable land which forms part of the SFE (the lands do not need to be located in a single Council municipality)

Please complete the online form here to apply for exemption.

Other Assistance

  • Rural Financial Counselling Service - provides FREE, confidential, financial counselling. They can help with a range of things including succession planning, building financial resilience, negotiating with your lenders and developing an action plan to get you out of financial trouble.
  • Rural Aid provides support to farmers.  With financial, wellbeing, water and fodder assistance available, visit Rural Aid to find out how they can help you today. 
  • The National Centre for Farmer Health has a wealth of information available on their website to assist farmers.
  • The Need for Feed Australia provide emergency fodder for farmers doing it tough, as do Aussie Hay Runners.
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