2025/2026 Proposed Council Budget

A Proposed Budget is one of the key document Council produces each year.

It outlines how Council will continue to provide the various services residents rely on and what capital works projects Council will invest in.

Some of the highlights of the 2025/2026 Proposed Budget included:

• Continuation of support for key services Gannawarra Shire residents rely on.
• A $17.256 million investment in capital works.
• Investment in road safety projects, made possible thanks to the Transport Accident Commission’s Safe Local Roads and Street Program
• Efforts to reduce the risks associated with future riverine and stormwater flood events, including flood betterment works, Stage 1 of the Koondrook Levee, and stormwater network and town pump renewals.
• The rejuvenation of the Gannawarra’s towns, including Stage 2 of the Cohuna Waterfront Development and the establishment of the Koondrook Local Development Strategy.
• The development of details plans for the redevelopment of swimming pools at Cohuna and Kerang.
• The completion of The Glasshouse @ The Gannawarra.
• Funding for the maintenance of roads, bridges and footpaths.

The 2025/2026 Proposed Budget also complied with the State Government’s Fair Go Rates System, which states that the total revenue raised through municipal rates cannot increase by more than 3.00 per cent compared to the previous year.

To learn more about the 2025/2026 Proposed Budget, please click here(PDF, 3MB) to view a three-page guide that outlines these and other highlights.

Residents were encouraged during April and May 2025 to have their say on Council's 2025/2026 Proposed Budget in the following ways.

• Completing a Have Your Say form, which was available on this website or from Council’s Customer Service Centres at Cohuna and Kerang.
• Writing to Council by email or mail.

• Phoning Council.