Farmers Urged to Be Vigilant After Victorian Labor Pauses New Tax on Landowners

A councillor at Moorabool Shire Council says the Victorian government is concerned about the strong response to the levy.

Victorian farmers protest against the Emergency Services Volunteer Fund (ESVF) on the steps outside Parliament House in Melbourne, Australia on July 30, 2025. Josh Spasaro/The Epoch Times

Volunteer firefighter Jarrod Bingham says farmers need to be vigilant despite the Victorian government deciding to postpone the contentious farmer’s levy.

The Allan government’s Emergency Services and Volunteer Fund (ESVF) was a tax that is estimated to cost residential homeowners an extra $63 per year, and $678 for farmers.