Thursday,
2 October 2025
Council responds to budget letter and reader talks about waste

Contrary to the claims made in a letter to the Champion Post on the 25th of September (from Geoff Dunford), Parkes Council is not planning to run deficit budgets for the next 10 years.

The cash reserves of the council are planned to increase over this period.

It is true that the council will be running accounting losses over this period. That is due to an exponential increase in depreciation (a no...

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