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Gold Coast budget committee notes 2026-27 financial update, sends revenue policy to full council
A Special Budget Committee meeting received a financial sustainability and budget build update, while a confidential Revenue Policy 2026-27 was referred to full council for adoption on 10 March.
The City of Gold Coast's Special Budget Committee has noted a financial sustainability update and 2026-27 budget build presentation as part of work on next year's budget, and has sent the city's Revenue Policy 2026-27 to full council for adoption next month.
At its 16 February meeting, the committee recommended that council receive the Financial Sustainability Update and 2026-27 Budget build presentation and note its contents for consideration as part of the overall 2026-27 budget. The recommendation was carried unanimously after the committee returned from closed session, as recorded in the unconfirmed public minutes.
The same meeting also dealt with the draft Revenue Policy 2026-27 in closed session. The committee unanimously recommended that the report and attachments remain confidential under the Local Government Act 2009 unless the chief executive officer decides otherwise, and that the policy be referred to the full council meeting scheduled for 10 March 2026 for adoption.
For residents and businesses across the Gold Coast, the items are part of the lead-up to the 2026-27 budget, which will set council's broader revenue and spending settings. The detailed revenue policy material was not released publicly with the minutes, so the supporting report and attachments are not yet available for public review.
The minutes show the financial sustainability and budget build discussion was considered in closed session on the basis that the matter involved the local government's budget. A presentation tabled for item 6.1 was listed as redacted in full.
The next formal step is the 10 March full council meeting, where councillors are due to consider adoption of the Revenue Policy 2026-27. The budget build update will also feed into preparation of the wider 2026-27 budget.
Reference minutes
Source: City of Gold Coast Special Budget Committee meeting on 16 February 2026, unconfirmed public minutes.
Key facts from the minutes
- The Special Budget Committee met on 16 February 2026.
- The committee unanimously recommended that council receive and note the Financial Sustainability Update and 2026-27 Budget build presentation for consideration as part of the overall 2026-27 budget.
- The draft Revenue Policy 2026-27 was considered in closed session.
- The committee unanimously recommended that the revenue policy report and attachments remain confidential unless the chief executive officer decides otherwise.
- The Revenue Policy 2026-27 was referred to the full council meeting scheduled for 10 March 2026 for adoption.
Why it matters
- The committee's recommendations are an early public marker in the City of Gold Coast's 2026-27 budget process, including a confidential revenue policy that can shape charges and other budget settings.