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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.

2026–2027 Annual Budget

The Annual Budget 2026–2027 [PDF] was adopted at the Council Meeting on Monday 22 June 2026.

Council’s Annual Budget 2026–2027 invests:

  • $130.7 million in services 
  • $54.6 million in capital works that our community told us are most important.  

It delivers the second-year actions of our Council and Health and Wellbeing Plan 2025–29, focusing on building resilience and improving the health, wellbeing and quality of life of our community.

In developing this budget, we carefully considered feedback from almost 600 community members about your needs, values and priorities. This is in addition to the 1,100 community members who shared their thoughts to inform the development of our Council and Health and Wellbeing Plan. 

The budget includes some new initiatives the community has said are important to them, including:

  • a winter shelter program
  • more Christmas decorations
  • Australia Day celebrations 
  • an additional recycling collection over the Christmas/New Year period.

To support residents experiencing hardship, the emergency relief fund has been retained in 20265–27. It will be increased to $150,000 to help Knox's not-for-profit community groups deliver urgent, essential relief and support services to residents.

This year’s overall average rates rise is 2.75%, consistent with the Victorian Government’s rate capping policy. Individual ratepayers may experience increases or decreases that differ from 2.75%, depending on their property’s value based on independent valuations. Knox’s residential rates are still among the lowest in metropolitan Melbourne.

We will soon start planning for our 2027-2028 annual plan and budget.  This early engagement gives you the opportunity to help shape priorities from the start. Feedback will be open from 27 July to 23 August. You can keep up to date on this engagement by visiting Have Your Say.

Supporting information

Previous annual budgets

Download and view our previous annual budgets below.

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