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This is a historical look at the 2025/26 budget, not the City’s current budget. Council adopted a separate 2026/27 budget in July 2026.
Why the budget has two different headline totals
PerthNow’s 17 July 2025 report called the City of Perth’s plan a “future-focused” $330 million budget. The City’s official 2025/26 annual budget instead states a total of $313.04 million for both funding and allocation. Neither source explains how the figures relate, so they should not be treated as interchangeable or reconciled by assumption.
The report’s use of “biggest” is also not a defined comparison: the available sources do not specify which councils or accounting measures it compares. The official document is the clearest source for the City’s budget total and its funding and allocation schedule. City of Perth 2025/26 Annual Budget · PerthNow report, 17 July 2025
What the City planned to spend
The official budget groups its $313.04 million allocation across services, programs, infrastructure, financing and a closing surplus.
| Allocation | 2025/26 amount |
|---|---|
| Core service delivery | $167.88 million |
| Events and sponsorships | $15.46 million |
| Discretionary operating projects | $10.42 million |
| WACA aquatic facility contribution | $11.25 million |
| Asset renewal and community infrastructure investment | $52.20 million |
| Financing activities, reserve funds and loan repayments | $49.65 million |
| Closing surplus | $6.18 million |
These are allocation categories, not all direct new projects. In particular, financing activities and the closing surplus are distinct from the operating services and capital work residents may see. City of Perth 2025/26 Annual Budget
Where the budget’s funding was expected to come from
The budget’s funding schedule shows the sources behind the same official total. Rates are one part of that picture, alongside parking, fees, grants, revenue and financing.
| Funding source | 2025/26 amount |
|---|---|
| Rates | $112.24 million |
| Parking operations | $78.05 million |
| Fees and charges | $14.96 million |
| Grant funds | $6.47 million |
| Investment revenue | $12.18 million |
| Non-operating revenue | $3.54 million |
| Other revenues | $17.57 million |
| Financing activities from cash reserves and borrowings | $44.53 million |
| Opening balance | $23.50 million |
The $112.24 million is projected rates revenue, not the percentage increase in an individual rate bill. City of Perth 2025/26 Annual Budget
What the reported 3.1% rates rise means
PerthNow and the City’s 2025 announcement reported a 3.1% rates increase for 2025/26. That percentage is separate from the budget’s $112.24 million projection for rates revenue; one describes the reported increase, the other the City’s expected revenue from rates in total.
The City said the rise was among the lowest among major Perth metropolitan councils for the fourth consecutive year, a comparison attributed to Deputy Lord Mayor Bruce Reynolds. The available material does not independently audit that ranking. City of Perth 2025/26 budget announcement · PerthNow report, 17 July 2025
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Projects tied to the City’s ‘future Perth’ message
The publicized highlights connect the budget’s long-range rationale to practical work in the city centre and neighbourhoods. The amounts below are reported highlights, not a complete list of appropriations.
- Public realm: $3.5 million for upgrades including James Street, Russell Square and Claisebrook Cove.
- Events and venues: $5.8 million for sustainable event infrastructure, including a permanent stage at Supreme Court Gardens and improvements to Perth Town Hall; a separate $11 million year-round events program was also reported.
- Planning for growth: $845,000 for community infrastructure and transport planning under Towards 2036, led by urban design firm Gehl.
- Streets and public amenity: $12 million for roads, footpaths and public amenity, within a broader reported allocation of more than $40 million for streets and parks. That broader amount included $800,000 to protect against polyphagous shot-hole borer.
- Community safety: $5.5 million for measures such as CCTV, patrols and lighting upgrades.
- Community support: More than $24 million in support, alongside a reported $5.7 million sponsorship and grants program for events, culture, business innovation and sustainability upgrades for residential buildings.
Reynolds linked the plans to a projected population of up to 55,000 residents by 2036, describing that as more than 20,000 additional people in little more than a decade. That is a projection attributed to him in the budget announcement, not an independently verified forecast in the available sources. PerthNow report, 17 July 2025 · City of Perth 2025/26 budget announcement
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As of 8 October 2026, the 2025/26 figures describe the prior budget year. On 23 July 2026, the City announced Council had adopted a $321.5 million budget for 2026/27, with a 2.45% rates-yield increase. The City’s documents page lists both budget years; the 2026/27 figure is the relevant announcement for current-year context, not a revision of the 2025/26 total. City of Perth 2026/27 budget announcement · City of Perth budget documents
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