While there is a variety of revenue sources for Council, the three main sources are general rates, fees for services and grant funding from the Australian and Queensland governments. These grants and subsidies support Council to provide infrastructure and services across the region that meet the shared community goals across the three levels of Government, and minimise the burden on Council's general revenue.
Grants have also been made available to support economic and social recovery following events such as floods, bushfires and in response to the COVID-19 global pandemic.
The types of Australian and Queensland government grant funding available to Council include:
Keep updated
Council regularly reports on projects and grant programs through its Ordinary Meetings, and in quarterly reports against the annual Operational Plan. You can access previous minutes by clicking here, or listen to the livestream audio of the Council Ordinary Meeting each fortnight on this page.
In addition, Council's news and announcements page often provides information and news related to various grant projects. You can read Council's latest news by clicking here.
Did you know?
The Australian Local Government Association website identifies, in the past 25 years, the increase in local government spending across Australia has gone from $8.2 billion in 1994-95 to $38.8 billion in 2018-19. This fourfold increase in spending is attributed to the substantial growth in the roles and responsibilities of local government while the revenue base has not changed accordingly.
It is these grants and subsidies provided by Australian and Queensland governments that support Council to have increased financial capacity to deliver many infrastructure and community projects, which otherwise may not have been possible.
