Rates & spending · Ballina Shire Council
Ballina ratepayers to get a say on 2025/26 financial statements
Council approved public exhibition of its annual accounts and auditor’s reports for the year ended 30 June 2026, and authorised signing by four designated officials.
Reporting from public council minutes. How this article was prepared
Ballina Shire ratepayers and residents will be able to comment on the council’s 2025/26 Annual Financial Statements and Auditor’s Reports after councillors unanimously approved their public exhibition on 22 October.
The statements cover the financial year ended 30 June 2026. Council also approved signing arrangements involving the Mayor, a councillor, the General Manager and the Responsible Accounting Officer for statements confirming the financial statements are fair and accurate.
Councillors noted the Overview of the Financial Statements, along with the Audit, Risk and Improvement Committee’s final report to 30 June 2026 and the General Manager’s attestation.
The resolution does not give exhibition dates, submission instructions or details of the council’s financial results. It also does not specify when the statements or auditor’s reports will return to council after public comment.
What deserves a closer look
The resolution creates a public comment opportunity but does not specify when or how the exhibition will occur.
The supplied minutes record the exhibition and signing arrangements, but not the underlying financial results or auditor findings.
Questions for follow-up reporting
When will the Annual Financial Statements and Auditor's Reports be placed on public exhibition?
How will residents submit comments?
When will council consider any submissions or receive a further report on the statements?
What happens next
Council is to exhibit the 2025/26 Annual Financial Statements and Auditor's Reports for public comment.
The approved signing arrangements involve the Mayor, a councillor, the General Manager and the Responsible Accounting Officer.
The supplied minutes do not specify the exhibition timetable or any later reporting date.
Check the record
These passages were matched to the source text. Read them in context in the original minutes.
Council authorised public exhibition of the Annual Financial Statements and Auditor's Reports for the year ended 30 June 2026.
That Council authorises the exhibition of the Annual Financial Statements and Auditor's Reports for the year ended 30 June 2026, as per Attachment 1 to this report, for public comment.
Resolution 221026/13, item 1
Open original minutes ↗Council approved signing by the Mayor, a councillor, the General Manager and the Responsible Accounting Officer of statements confirming the financial statements are fair and accurate.
2. That Council approves the signing of the statements that confirm the Annual Financial Statements are fair and accurate, as per Attachment 2 to this report, by the Mayor, a Councillor, the General Manager and the Responsible Accounting Officer.
Resolution 221026/13, item 2
Open original minutes ↗The resolution was carried unanimously.
3. That Council notes the Overview of the Financial Statements, as per Attachment 3 to this report. FOR VOTE - All Councillors voted unanimously. 9.7 Residual Land - 9 Byron Bay Road, Lennox Head 221026/14 RESOLVED (Cr Kiri Dicker/Cr Michelle Bailey) 1.
Resolution 221026/13, voting record
Open original minutes ↗Council noted the Audit, Risk and Improvement Committee's final report to 30 June 2026.
MAYOR 9.4 Audit Risk and Improvement Committee (ARIC) - Annual Report 2025/26 221026/12 RESOLVED (Cr Erin Karsten/Cr Simon Kinny) 1. That Council notes the Audit Risk and Improvement Committee's Final Report to 30 June 2026, as per Attachment 1 to this report.
Item 9.4, Resolution 221026/12
Open original minutes ↗Council noted the General Manager's attestation.
2. That Council notes the General Manager's Attestation, as per Attachment 2 to this report. FOR VOTE - All Councillors voted unanimously. 9.5 Annual Financial Statements - 2025/26 221026/13 RESOLVED (Cr Erin Karsten/Cr Simon Chate) 1.
Item 9.4, Resolution 221026/12
Open original minutes ↗Source record
Reporting from the public minutes of Ballina Shire Council’s ordinary meeting held on 22 October 2026.
Key facts from the minutes
- Council authorised public exhibition of the 2025/26 Annual Financial Statements and Auditor’s Reports.
- The reports cover the year ended 30 June 2026.
- The Mayor, a councillor, the General Manager and the Responsible Accounting Officer were authorised to sign statements confirming the accounts are fair and accurate.
- The resolution was passed unanimously.
- Council also noted the Audit, Risk and Improvement Committee’s final report and the General Manager’s attestation.
Why it matters
- The public exhibition provides an opportunity to examine and comment on Ballina Shire Council’s annual financial reporting. The minutes do not state when the exhibition will occur or provide the financial figures and auditor findings.