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South Burnett Regional Council has begun planning its 2023-24 Budget – nine months before it is due to be delivered\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

October 25, 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n

by Dafyd Martindale<\/strong><\/p>\n

South Burnett councillors and staff are putting an unprecedented nine months’ work into preparing the region’s 2023-24 Budget in a bid to deliver the best possible outcome for residents.<\/p>\n

Cr Kirstie Schumacher had previously commented that she felt rushed when considering the 2022-23 Budget.<\/p>\n

On Monday, councillors met for the first in a series of Budget meetings that they plan to hold regularly from now until next June.<\/p>\n

They were told Brisbane’s CPI had risen 7.3 per cent during the past year.<\/p>\n

While 79 per cent of this increase had occurred in the cost of dwellings and household goods – which have little impact on Council’s costs – SBRC finance staff plan to use half this rate (ie. a 3.65 per cent increase) to assist development of a “business as usual” Budget for 2023-24.<\/p>\n

As well, several rises foreshadowed in the 2022-23 Budget will occur as planned.<\/p>\n

These planned increases are:<\/strong><\/p>\n