The general rate increase is half Brisbane’s inflation rate. Schrinner said this was a council compromise in response to cost-of-living concerns.
The suburbs set to have the biggest average percentage rise in owner-occupier residential rates next financial year were Tarragindi,Anstead and Kenmore Hills,while Wilston,Chelmer and Red Hill all had an annual increase of less than 1 per cent.
The cost of green bins will also be halved.
“Our strategy of making green waste recycling bins even cheaper is also squarely aimed at helping Brisbane households gear up for a bigger roll-out of our food waste recycling program,” Schrinner said.
Even with lower-than-anticipated rates revenue in future,the council will still embark on a range of new projects,including a battery-powered EV CityCat and transforming quarries into gardens.
“Some have already suggested the Mount Coot-tha site could be transformed from a barren quarry into a world-class environmental precinct similar to the Eden Project in Cornwall in the United Kingdom,” Schrinner said.