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.

Council: Ipswich City Council

Meeting: 15 October 2026

Recorded status: approved


BRIEF

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. The relief would be backdated to the relevant application date. The public record withholds the address and does not state the application date or dollar value. It records the motion as carried with no councillor in the negative column, but does not establish that the concession has been applied.


KEY FACTS

- 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.


ANALYSIS OF THE RECORD

- 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?


SOURCE PASSAGES

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)

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)

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)


SOURCES

https://ipswich.infocouncil.biz/RedirectToDoc.aspx?URL=Open/2026/10/FAGCC_20261015_MIN_4052.PDF

https://minutesradar.com/news/ipswich-infocouncil-finance-and-governance-committee-15-oct-2026-10-minutes-after-the-conclusion-of-the-infrastructure-planning-and-assets-bad63a5176/


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