A Sydney council is pushing ahead with plans for a 30 per cent rate rise despite critics describing the move as “unjustified” in the midst of a cost-of-living crisis.

Council rates for more than 40,000 upper north shore home owners would increase by an average of $523 each year as part of Ku-ring-gai Council’s proposal to generate an additional $22.6 million in annual revenue.

Households in the region would pay some of the highest residential rates in Sydney – behind only Hunters Hill and Wollondilly – if the 30.4 per cent rate rise was approved. Business rates would increase by an average of $1757 a year.

Ku-ring-gai councillors will meet this month to vote on the proposed increase, which, if supported, would apply from next year and remain a permanent fixture of the council’s rate rev

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