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The project

The City of Greater Bendigo is preparing for its next Budget.

The Budget makes day-to-day life in Greater Bendigo possible. It funds important services as well as building and maintenance of things like parks, roads, and libraries.

Here’s a quick look at how the Budget works.

Money comes in from rates, user fees and government grants. This is then spent on services and building and maintaining facilities for our community.

This quick video provides more information.

About the budget

Financial challenges

The City used to have more money available to fund new projects. But in the last few years, our costs have gone up a lot more than our income. This makes it harder each year to keep providing the services the community needs with the money that we have.

Have your say

Frequently asked questions

The City provides more than 60 services to help the community. These include:

  • Collecting bins and running the recycling centres
  • Cleaning streets
  • Fixing roads
  • Keeping the community and environment healthy
  • Planning new buildings and developments
  • Supporting tourism and visitors
  • Hosting big events and free public activities
  • Looking after parks, gardens, and sports areas
  • Running early learning centres
  • Managing places like the Bendigo Art Gallery, Ulumbarra Theatre, and The Capital

And lots more! All these services help make our community a better place to live.

Have your say all year round

We want to hear about things that matter to you all year round. It helps us make decisions.

Timeline

  • Timeline item 1 - active

    Community feedback opens

    Tuesday 13 October

  • Timeline item 2 - incomplete

    Community feedback closes

    Tuesday 10 November

  • Timeline item 3 - incomplete

    Feedback reviewed and considered

  • Timeline item 4 - incomplete

    Budget presented to Council

  • Timeline item 5 - incomplete

    Community informed of the outcome

Contact us

Speak to our Customer Service and lodge a request:

Contact Information
Phone 1300 002 642
Email requests@bendigo.vic.gov.au
Website www.bendigo.vic.gov.au