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Ipswich Council adopts $553 household waste charge for 2026-27
Ipswich City Council has adopted a $553 household waste service charge and a $110.80 non-household waste levy for 2026-27 at its extraordinary budget meeting on 30 June.
Ipswich City Council has adopted its 2026-27 waste management charges, fixing a household waste service charge at $553 a year and a non-household waste levy at $110.80 at its extraordinary council meeting on 30 June 2026 at the Administration Building in Nicholas Street, Ipswich.
The charges were part of the council’s budget resolution for the 2026-27 financial year. The minutes record that council decided to levy utility charges for waste management services on rateable land across the local government area, with the table also listing a $308.00 adjusted household waste service, a $65.00 additional garden organics waste service and a $553.00 non-household waste service.
Other charges were also adopted for rates notices from 1 July 2026. They include a $39 annual Rural Fire Brigades special charge, a $3 annual Rural Fire Brigades separate charge, a $68 annual Ipswich Enviroplan separate charge and an Infrastructure Separate Levy of 0.00614 cents in the dollar, with a minimum annual charge of $65.
Council also resolved that rates and charges, including the Emergency Management Levy, will be levied quarterly. Overdue rates will attract interest at 12.19% per annum from 1 July 2026.
The meeting also reset the council area’s rating structure for 2026-27. Ipswich City Council adopted rating categories covering residential, business, industrial, extractive and retail land, and said the category for each parcel will be the one held in council’s rating files when a quarterly rating assessment notice is issued.
Mayor Teresa Harding delivered the 2026-2027 Annual Plan and Budget Speech at the meeting. Councillors present at the start were Jacob Madsen, Pye Augustine, Deputy Mayor Nicole Jonic, Paul Tully, Marnie Doyle, Andrew Antoniolli, David Martin and Jim Madden.
The budget meeting also adopted the Annual Plan 2026-2027, financial management policies and a procurement framework effective from 1 July 2026. Council adopted the Debt Policy, Investment Policy, Financial Management Policy, Procurement Policy, Procurement and Contracts Manual and Annual Contracting Plan for the new financial year.
Reference minutes
Based on Ipswich City Council Extraordinary Council - 30 Jun 2026 9:00 AM - Budget minutes.
Key facts from the minutes
- Ipswich City Council adopted the 2026-27 budget and associated charges at an extraordinary council meeting on 30 June 2026.
- Household waste service charge: $553.00 a year.
- Non-household waste levy: $110.80 a year.
- Adjusted household waste service: $308.00 a year; additional garden organics waste service: $65.00 a year.
- Rural Fire Brigades special charge: $39 a year; Rural Fire Brigades separate charge: $3 a year.
- Ipswich Enviroplan separate charge: $68 a year.
- Infrastructure Separate Levy: 0.00614 cents in the dollar, minimum $65 a year.
Why it matters
- The adopted waste charges directly affect what households and businesses in Ipswich pay for waste services, and the related levies will appear on rates notices from 1 July 2026.