PROPOSED FUNDING CHANGES COULD CUT CGRC’S GENERAL-PURPOSE GRANTS BY 34 PERCENT – 15 Oct 26

Key points

• Cootamundra-Gundagai Regional Council has raised concerns about proposed changes to how Commonwealth Financial Assistance Grants are distributed. Under the proposed method, the council's general-purpose allocation would fall from about $5.407 million to $3.577 million, a drop of almost $1.830 million, or 34 percent.
• A rise in the local roads allocation would not offset this reduction.
• Mayor Abb McAlister said the council wants further technical information, council-specific analysis and consultation before the method is finalised, and that it should not be introduced until its impacts are understood.