Local Government Trigger Points

About Local Government Trigger Points

Local government trigger points apply to the Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements (DRFA) Reconstruction of Essential Public Assets (REPA) relief measure, which includes Emergency Works and Immediate Reconstruction Works.

Trigger points are calculated based on a percentage of net general rates, and are capped at $2.2 million.

Trigger points have two purposes:

  • Eligible REPA damage must exceed a local government’s trigger point for it to be activated for REPA under the DRFA.
  • A local government must contribute up to its trigger point amount for eligible works above.

Local Government Trigger points for DRFA - FY 2025-26

Council Name

Net General Rates FY 2023-24

$

FY 2024-25

Maximum Trigger Point

$

FY 2025-26

Maximum Trigger Point

$

Aurukun Shire Council000
Balonne Shire Council6,597,00049,25349,478
Banana Shire Council29,906,000205,328224,295
Barcaldine Regional Council4,717,00033,26335,378
Barcoo Shire Council1,242,00019,2089,315
Blackall-Tambo Regional Council3,443,00024,71325,823
Boulia Shire Council1,471,00011,28811,033
Brisbane City Council1,048,045,0002,200,0002,200,000
Bulloo Shire Council5,695,00040,27542,713
Bundaberg Regional Council84,215,000639,810631,613
Burdekin Shire Council29,795,000215,138223,463
Burke Shire Council2,570,00018,59319,275
Cairns Regional Council133,273,000936,833999,548
Carpentaria Shire Council4,678,00034,04335,085
Cassowary Coast Regional Council39,994,000285,900299,955
Central Highlands Regional Council106,939,896675,259802,049
Charters TowersRegional Council15,343,000111,315115,073
Cherbourg Aboriginal Shire Council000
City of Gold Coast676,562,0002,200,0002,200,000
Cloncurry Shire Council14,554,00097,313109,155
Cook Shire Council4,739,00034,36535,543
Croydon Shire Council508,0003,6083,810
Diamantina Shire Council1,219,0007,4259,143
Doomadgee Aboriginal Shire Council000
Douglas Shire Council18,333,000129,075137,498
Etheridge Shire Council2,061,66714,44115,463
Flinders Shire Council2,616,00018,28519,620
Fraser Coast Regional Council92,958,000615,120697,185
Gladstone Regional Council95,877,000675,585719,078
Goondiwindi Regional Council14,575,000100,298109,313
Gympie Regional Council56,382,000391,133422,865
Hinchinbrook Shire Council18,600,000132,000139,500
Hope Vale Aboriginal Shire Council000
Ipswich City Council213,532,8451,475,7451,601,496
Isaac Regional Council64,485,265454,415483,639
Kowanyama Aboriginal Shire Council595,32400
Livingstone Shire Council42,928,000276,810321,960
Lockhart River Aboriginal Shire Council000
Lockyer Valley Regional Council34,732,000246,653260,490
Logan City Council210,133,0001,431,1351,575,998
Longreach Regional Council5,105,00036,29338,288
Mackay Regional Council117,987,056844,575884,903
Mapoon Aboriginal Shire Council000
Maranoa Regional Council33,064,000254,565247,980
Mareeba Shire Council19,476,000139,793146,070
McKinlay Shire Council3,073,00021,78823,048
City of Moreton Bay319,603,0002,200,0002,200,000
Mornington Shire Council000
Mount Isa City Council19,157,000127,373143,678
Murweh Shire Council3,793,90225,94328,454
Napranum Aboriginal Shire Council000
Noosa Shire Council67,141,247471,251503,559
North Burnett Regional Council11,338,00080,67885,035
Northern Peninsula Area Regional Council000
Palm Island Aboriginal Shire Council000
Paroo Shire Council2,483,00018,15818,623
Pormpuraaw Aboriginal Shire Council000
Quilpie Shire Council6,573,00049,52349,298
Redland City Council121,347,000860,348910,103
Richmond Shire Council1,122,0007,3588,415
Rockhampton Regional Council72,335,000499,523542,513
Scenic Rim Regional Council47,249,000326,198354,368
Somerset Regional Council24,829,020173,696186,218
South Burnett Regional Council32,118,000228,290240,885
Southern Downs Regional Council35,651,000251,393267,383
Sunshine Coast Regional Council302,651,0002,075,1002,200,000
Tablelands Regional Council28,900,000200,543216,750
Toowoomba Regional Council149,975,0001,067,9251,124,813
Torres Shire Council1,094,00000
Torres Strait Island Regional Council000
Townsville City Council175,339,0001,296,7581,315,043
Western Downs Regional Council82,103,000585,390615,773
Whitsunday Regional Council56,890,000405,165426,675
Winton Shire Council2,564,00018,72819,230
Woorabinda Aboriginal Shire Council000
Wujal Wujal Aboriginal Shire Council000
Yarrabah Aboriginal Shire Council000

QRA Reference: QRABN/25/578 and DOC/25/45464. 
Last updated: 1 August 2025.