Rates in Parkes could rise by three per cent in the next financial year should Parkes Shire Council choose to increase them.
The NSW Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal has now set the council rate pegs for the 2026-27 financial year.
IPART sets a separate rate peg for each of the state’s 128 local government areas and final rate pegs range from 2.7 per cent to 5.7 per cent.
In NSW any incr...