GIPPSLAND pet owners are set to pay more next year with the Allan Labor Government almost doubling its charge on pet registrations.

Like the infamous emergency services tax, councils will be forced to collect the extra tax through pet registration fees and pass it directly to state coffers.

At a time when the Allan Labor Government should be focused on easing cost-of-living pressures, it is instead coming up with new ways to cash-in on the family pet.

This is yet another example of Labor’s appetite for revenue collection, hitting hardworking families across our region.

Labor can’t manage money, and pet owners are the latest in a long line being asked to pay the price.

Only The Nationals in government will scrap Labor’s emergency services tax and reduce the cost of living for Gippslanders.

Danny O’Brien, The Nationals Member for Gippsland South