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Ipswich committee backs rate concessions for seven named properties
The Finance and Governance Committee carried a recommendation covering properties in Yamanto, Ipswich, Newtown and Brassall, with further properties covered by confidential attachments and no dollar amounts disclosed.
Reporting from public council minutes. How this article was prepared
Ipswich City Council’s Finance and Governance Committee backed differential general-rate concessions for seven named properties in Ipswich, Yamanto, Newtown and Brassall, including a proposed 100 per cent concession for 55 and 59 Sarah Drive, Yamanto.
The recommendation, recorded as carried on 15 September 2026, would backdate the Sarah Drive concessions to the relevant application date. The same timing would apply to concessions for 36 Moffatt Street, Ipswich; 12 and 10 Glebe Road, Newtown; 97 Pine Mountain Road, Brassall; and 10A Glebe Road, Newtown. The supplied record establishes the committee’s support, not subsequent Council approval or implementation of the concessions.
The motion was moved by Councillor Marnie Doyle and seconded by Councillor Andrew Antoniolli. The voting list records no councillor in the negative column, and the record states that the motion was carried.
The recommendation states that the properties had satisfied section 120 of the Local Government Regulation 2012 and Ipswich City Council’s Rates Concession Policy. It does not state the dollar value of the proposed relief for any of the named properties.
Separate provisions cover properties in confidential attachment 1 and a property in confidential attachment 3. The latter would receive a concession from the commencement of building completion. Those properties are not identified in the public record.
The carried recommendation specifies a 100 per cent concession for the two Sarah Drive properties and names five properties under the general concession provision, but does not show the full number of affected properties or how the proposed concessions would change individual rate bills.
What deserves a closer look
The public record identifies seven properties by address: two in recommendation B and five in recommendation D. It does not disclose the dollar value of any proposed concession.
The source distinguishes the proposed 100 per cent concessions for the two Sarah Drive properties from the concessions recommended for the other five named properties, whose percentages are not stated.
The committee's recommendation is recorded as carried; the supplied record does not establish subsequent Council approval or implementation.
Questions for follow-up reporting
What would be the dollar values of the recommended concessions for the seven named properties?
Which properties were included in confidential attachments 1 and 3?
What concession percentage was recommended for each of the five properties listed under recommendation D?
Check the record
These passages were matched to the source text. Read them in context in the original minutes.
The rates-concession report concerned a request for general-rate concessions and included confidential attachments. Councillor Marnie Doyle moved the recommendation, seconded by Councillor Andrew Antoniolli.
2026(07)] Page 10 of 14 7. RATES CONCESSION REPORT This is a report concerning a request for a concession for general rates. "The attachment/s to this report are confidential in accordance with section 254J(3)(d) of the Local Government Regulation 2012." RECOMMENDATION Moved by Councillor Marnie Doyle: Seconded by Councillor Andrew Antoniolli: A.
Item 7, Rates Concession Report and introduction to recommendation
Open original minutes ↗Provision B calls for 100 per cent concessions on the differential general rate for 55 and 59 Sarah Drive, Yamanto, backdated to the relevant application date, stating that the properties satisfied section 120 of the Local Government Regulation 2012 and the Rates Concession Policy.
B. That having satisfied the criteria in s120 of the Local Government Regulation 2012, as well as the Rates Concession Policy, the properties at 55 & 59 Sarah Drive, Yamanto, be granted a 100 % concession on the differential general rate backdated to the relevant date of application.
Item 7, recommendation B
Open original minutes ↗Provision D calls for differential general-rate concessions backdated to the relevant application date for five named properties: 36 Moffatt Street, Ipswich; 12 and 10 Glebe Road, Newtown; 97 Pine Mountain Road, Brassall; and 10A Glebe Road, Newtown.
D. That having satisfied the criteria in s120 of the Local Government Regulation 2012, as well as the Rates Concession Policy, that the properties listed be granted a concession on the differential general rate backdated to the relevant date of application. 36 Moffatt Street, Ipswich 12 Glebe Road, Newtown 10 Glebe Road, Newtown 97 Pine Mountain Road, Brassall 10A Glebe Road, Newtown AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE Councillors: Councillors: Tully Nil Madsen Harding Jonic Augustine Doyle Antoniolli Madden Martin 15 SEPTEMBER 2026 FINANCE AND GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE NO.
Item 7, recommendation D and property list
Open original minutes ↗The voting list records no councillor in the negative column, and the record states that the motion was put and carried.
36 Moffatt Street, Ipswich 12 Glebe Road, Newtown 10 Glebe Road, Newtown 97 Pine Mountain Road, Brassall 10A Glebe Road, Newtown AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE Councillors: Councillors: Tully Nil Madsen Harding Jonic Augustine Doyle Antoniolli Madden Martin 15 SEPTEMBER 2026 FINANCE AND GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE NO. 2026(07)] Page 11 of 14 The motion was put and carried. Councillor Andrew Antoniolli left the meeting at 1.28 pm. 8. REPORT OF REGULATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE NO. 2026(03) OF 26 AUGUST 2026 This is the report of the Regulation Advisory Committee No.
Item 7, voting list and motion outcome
Open original minutes ↗The quoted text calls for concessions for properties in confidential attachment 1, backdated to the relevant application date. Provision C calls for a concession for the property in confidential attachment 3 from the commencement of building completion.
That having satisfied the criteria in s120 of the Local Government Regulation 2012, as well as the Rates Concession Policy, that the properties listed in confidential attachment 1 be granted a concession on the differential general rate backdated to the relevant date of application. B. That having satisfied the criteria in s120 of the Local Government Regulation 2012, as well as the Rates Concession Policy, the properties at 55 & 59 Sarah Drive, Yamanto, be granted a 100 % concession on the differential general rate backdated to the relevant date of application. C. That having satisfied the criteria in s120 of the Local Government Regulation 2012, as well as the Rates Concession Policy, the property listed in confidential attachment 3, be granted a concession on the differential general rate from the commencement of building completion.
Item 7, recommendations A to C
Open original minutes ↗Source record
Reporting from the Ipswich City Council Finance and Governance Committee No. 2026(07) report for 15 September 2026.
Key facts from the minutes
- The Finance and Governance Committee carried the rate-concession recommendation on 15 September 2026; the supplied record does not establish subsequent Council approval or implementation.
- The recommendation provides for 100 per cent concessions on the differential general rate for 55 and 59 Sarah Drive, Yamanto, backdated to the relevant application date.
- The recommendation also identifies properties at 36 Moffatt Street, Ipswich; 12, 10 and 10A Glebe Road, Newtown; and 97 Pine Mountain Road, Brassall.
- The motion was moved by Councillor Marnie Doyle and seconded by Councillor Andrew Antoniolli; the recorded vote lists no councillor in the negative column.
- Confidential attachments cover further properties, and the public record does not disclose dollar values.
Why it matters
- If implemented, the recommended concessions would reduce differential general rates for eligible owners at the named properties, including full relief from that rate for 55 and 59 Sarah Drive. The public record does not disclose individual dollar amounts or the properties in confidential attachments.