2025/2026 Draft Budget and Operational Plan and Associated Documents

Griffith City Council is inviting the community to provide feedback on a suite of important draft planning documents now on public exhibition. These documents guide Council’s service delivery, infrastructure investment, workforce planning and financial sustainability for the years ahead and your input is vital.

The following draft plans are now available for community review and comment:

  • Draft Delivery Program 2025/26 – 2028/29, incorporating the Draft Operational Plan 2025/26 (including annual Budget)

  • Draft Ten Year Long Term Financial Plan 2025/26 – 2034/35

  • Draft Workforce Management Plan 2025/26 – 2028/29

  • Draft Asset Management Plan 2025/26 – 2034/35

These documents underpin Council’s Integrated Planning and Reporting (IP&R) framework, ensuring that decisions made today support the long-term aspirations outlined in the recently adopted Community Strategic Plan - We are Griffith 2025–2035.

This is a key opportunity for you to influence how Council prioritises services, allocates resources, and plans for future growth and resilience. We want to hear from you, whether it's about infrastructure, financial sustainability, service levels, or long-term community outcomes.

The public exhibition will run for a minimum of 28 days, during which all feedback will be carefully considered before the plans are finalised in June 2025.

Council will also host a Community Opinion Group (COG) meeting during the exhibition period, where residents can participate in an open discussion about the draft documents.

View the draft documents on this page and have your say using the Have your say button below.

Together, we can ensure Griffith continues to thrive as a liveable, sustainable and future-ready regional city.

Griffith City Council is inviting the community to provide feedback on a suite of important draft planning documents now on public exhibition. These documents guide Council’s service delivery, infrastructure investment, workforce planning and financial sustainability for the years ahead and your input is vital.

The following draft plans are now available for community review and comment:

  • Draft Delivery Program 2025/26 – 2028/29, incorporating the Draft Operational Plan 2025/26 (including annual Budget)

  • Draft Ten Year Long Term Financial Plan 2025/26 – 2034/35

  • Draft Workforce Management Plan 2025/26 – 2028/29

  • Draft Asset Management Plan 2025/26 – 2034/35

These documents underpin Council’s Integrated Planning and Reporting (IP&R) framework, ensuring that decisions made today support the long-term aspirations outlined in the recently adopted Community Strategic Plan - We are Griffith 2025–2035.

This is a key opportunity for you to influence how Council prioritises services, allocates resources, and plans for future growth and resilience. We want to hear from you, whether it's about infrastructure, financial sustainability, service levels, or long-term community outcomes.

The public exhibition will run for a minimum of 28 days, during which all feedback will be carefully considered before the plans are finalised in June 2025.

Council will also host a Community Opinion Group (COG) meeting during the exhibition period, where residents can participate in an open discussion about the draft documents.

View the draft documents on this page and have your say using the Have your say button below.

Together, we can ensure Griffith continues to thrive as a liveable, sustainable and future-ready regional city.

  • Essential Services

    Over the next 12 months, we are dedicated to providing essential services that enhance the well-being and growth of our community. This includes ensuring reliable water and waste management and renewing and reconstructing key assets in our road network. Our commitment extends to maintaining and improving infrastructure to support a safer and more connected community, ensuring that everyone has access to the services they need for a better quality of life.

  • Growth

    Investing in economy & infrastructure supports the sustainable growth of Griffith by attracting business, boosting innovation in agriculture and manufacturing, and creating local jobs and learning opportunities. It promotes strategic land use and diverse housing options, strengthens our visitor economy, and improves transport connectivity across the region. This funding also ensures the delivery, renewal and maintenance of quality infrastructure and services keeping Griffith’s roads, airport, facilities and public spaces fit for the future.

  • Liveability

    Investing in liveability means enhancing the everyday experience of living in Griffith. This budget area supports initiatives that make our city safer, more inclusive, and more vibrant. Funding under this theme contributes to public safety, access to local health and support services, inclusive community programs, and the celebration of our cultural diversity. It also supports the delivery of quality recreational and cultural facilities, events, and improvements to public spaces, ensuring Griffith remains a healthy, connected, and welcoming place for all.

Page last updated: 16 May 2025, 08:25 AM