Annual budget

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The annual budget details how your rates will be spent to deliver your priorities and to maintain and deliver our facilities and services.

2025-2026 Annual Budget

The Annual Budget 2025-2026 was adopted at the Council Meeting on Monday 23 June 2025.

Read about the Annual Budget 2025-2026 in our news article “Delivering for our community”.

The budget details how rates will be spent in 2025-2026 to deliver your priorities as outlined in the Council and Health and Wellbeing Plan 2025-2029 including the delivery and maintenance of Council services and facilities.

The budget has been informed by 1,100 people who told us what was important to them and a representative community panel who helped us theme that feedback. This panel helped shape our new Council and Health and Wellbeing Plan and this budget.

This year the budget includes:

$122.4 million investment into services and facilities
$58 million investment into capital works projects.

In addition, the budget highlights the year 1 actions from our new Council and Health and Wellbeing Plan 2025-2029 including:

supporting our local economy
building capacity of our local sporting clubs
working towards net zero emissions by 2040
ensuring customers have access to relevant and timely information
working towards improving our public lighting
reviewing our housing strategy to prepare for upcoming changes to housing targets.

In line with the state government's Fair Go Rates System, overall rates revenue will increase by 3%.

In July-August 2025 you will have the opportunity to inform the 2026-2027 Annual Budget development. Sign up to Have your Say to stay engaged on the upcoming process.

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Previous annual budgets

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Annual budget

2025-2026 Annual Budget

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Previous annual budgets

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