Brisbane's residential rates will increase on average by 3.45 per cent next financial year under Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner $4.3 billion pre-election budget.

Some key points:

  • Residential rates to increase on average 3.45%
  • Green waste bin cost reduced from $93.68 to $45 per year
  • Surcharge on short-term accommodation (like AirBnB) rates fees to increase from 50% to 65%

That headline “$80m relief package” is relative to if they had increased rates equal to inflation, which is 7.4%. The difference there makes up $22m of the 80.

In my opinion the surcharge on short-term accommodation going up is great, but it’s nowhere near enough.

  • hugzEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Gotta do more to get rid of short term rental than just increasing the Rates surcharge from 50 to 65%. AirBNB needs to be nuked