WENTWORTH Shire Council is proposing a rate hike of 4.5 per cent this coming financial year, to collect more than $6.9 million in total from ratepayers.

In October last year, a base rate of 3.6 per cent was recommended for all New South Wales councils, and Wentworth Shire received an additional 0.9 per cent increase to factor in the Emergency Services Levy, and the cost of running last year's cou...