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You really don’t need to explain to me what local councils do.

Mandatory yes, but not a tax. Also complicated by differential.

The distinction is important bc of the misunderstanding people have, where they think if their property doubles in value, their rates bill must do the same

Rates aren’t a land tax though. Property values (or in some areas land values) are just used as a mechanism for apportioning the general rates take across a district

Time to drag out your old strapline again

What in the ever loving 'pick me' shit is this?

I will not stand for such slander!

Duffy has been stellar.

That Kyle Jamieson effort reminds me that the lad got his first caught & bowled at cricket last weekend. So good.

Possible showers but should be okay for time

So good to see Duffy turn it on at home

In a significantly weirder case, "Sleeping Lady with Black Vase" is a 1928 oil painting by Róbert Berény. It was lost in WWII, and considered looted by the Nazis and likely destroyed afterwards in the chaos... until someone recognized it as set dressing in the movie "Stuart Little."

Yes, really.

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