Community & places · Ipswich City Council
Committee backs 100% rates concession for Domestic Violence Action Centre property
The Finance and Governance Committee carried a recommendation for a full concession on the property’s differential general rate, backdated to the relevant application date.
Reporting from public council minutes. How this article was prepared
Ipswich City Council’s Finance and Governance Committee carried a recommendation for a 100% concession on the differential general rate for a property listed under Domestic Violence Action Centre Inc. Under the recommendation, the relief would be backdated to the relevant application date.
The committee recorded the outcome at its 15 October meeting after councillors Marnie Doyle and Jim Madden moved and seconded the recommendation. The meeting record says the motion was carried, with no councillor recorded in the negative column.
The public record does not disclose the property address or state the application date, the period covered by the backdating or the dollar value of the concession. Supporting attachments were classified as confidential under section 254J(3)(d) and (f) of the Local Government Regulation 2012.
The carried recommendation states that the property had satisfied section 120 of the Local Government Regulation 2012 and council’s Rates Concession Policy. The record does not provide enough information to calculate the effect on council’s rates revenue.
This report is based on Ipswich City Council’s public committee meeting record, whose confirmation status is not specified. It reports the committee’s carried recommendation, not independent verification that the concession has been applied or of details contained in the confidential attachments.
What deserves a closer look
The supplied public record withholds the property address and does not state the application date, backdating period or dollar value, limiting what can be reported about the concession's financial effect.
The record establishes that the committee carried the recommendation; it does not establish that the concession has been applied.
The confidential attachments are not included in the supplied record, preventing review of the property-specific supporting material.
Questions for follow-up reporting
What was the relevant application date and how long would the concession be backdated?
What is the estimated dollar value of the concession?
Which property was covered by the carried recommendation, subject to applicable confidentiality requirements?
Check the record
These passages were matched to the source text. Read them in context in the original minutes.
Item 8 identifies a rates-concession request involving Domestic Violence Action Centre Inc, with the property address withheld and supporting attachments classified as confidential under section 254J(3)(d) and (f) of the Local Government Regulation 2012. Councillor Marnie Doyle moved the recommendation and Councillor Jim Madden seconded it.
8. CONCESSION FOR GENERAL RATES This is a report concerning a request for a concession for general rates for the following properties and owners. • Domestic Violence Action Centre Inc **address withheld** "The attachment/s to this report are confidential in accordance with section 254J(3)(d), (f) of the Local Government Regulation 2012." RECOMMENDATION Moved by Councillor Marnie Doyle: Seconded by Councillor Jim Madden: That having satisfied the criteria in s120 of the Local Government Regulation 2012, as well as the Rates Concession Policy, the property at **address withheld**(refer confidential attachment), be granted a 100% concession on the
Item 8, Concession for General Rates
Open original minutes ↗A motion was carried that the property, having satisfied the criteria in section 120 of the Local Government Regulation 2012 and the Rates Concession Policy, be granted a 100% concession on the differential general rate, backdated to the relevant date of application.
8. CONCESSION FOR GENERAL RATES This is a report concerning a request for a concession for general rates for the following properties and owners. • Domestic Violence Action Centre Inc **address withheld** "The attachment/s to this report are confidential in accordance with section 254J(3)(d), (f) of the Local Government Regulation 2012." RECOMMENDATION Moved by Councillor Marnie Doyle: Seconded by Councillor Jim Madden: That having satisfied the criteria in s120 of the Local Government Regulation 2012, as well as the Rates Concession Policy, the property at **address withheld**(refer confidential attachment), be granted a 100% concession on the differential general rate and backdated to the relevant date of application. AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE Councillors: Councillors: Tully Nil Harding Augustine Doyle Antoniolli Madden Martin The motion was put and carried.
Item 8, recommendation and recorded vote
Open original minutes ↗The meeting record states that the motion was carried, with no councillor listed in the negative column.
differential general rate and backdated to the relevant date of application. AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE Councillors: Councillors: Tully Nil Harding Augustine Doyle Antoniolli Madden Martin The motion was put and carried.
Item 8, recorded vote
Open original minutes ↗Source record
Reporting from the public record of Ipswich City Council’s Finance and Governance Committee meeting on 15 October 2026. Confirmation of that meeting’s minutes is not established by the supplied record.
Key facts from the minutes
- The Finance and Governance Committee carried a recommendation for a 100% concession on the differential general rate for a property listed under Domestic Violence Action Centre Inc.
- Under the carried recommendation, the concession would be backdated to the relevant date of application.
- The property address was withheld and supporting attachments were classified as confidential.
- The meeting record states that the motion was carried, with no councillor listed in the negative column.
- The application date and financial value of the concession are not stated in the supplied public record.
- The supplied record does not establish that the concession has been applied.
Why it matters
- The recommended concession would provide full relief from the property’s differential general rate, but the public record does not quantify the financial relief or disclose the site’s address.