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Land tax As mentioned in our September 2024 Noosa 360 update, Sandy has continued her advocacy since 2023 for a review of the land tax threshold to provide relief to both residents and local businesses alike in efforts to reduce flow…

Sandy has continued her advocacy since 2023 for a review of the land tax threshold to provide relief to both residents and local businesses alike in efforts to reduce flow on burdens to tenants. Per our August 2023 Noosa 360…

After our advocacies to the Queensland Treasurer and Minister for Resources for land valuation and land tax relief, it was a positive that even though we did not get the valuation freeze requested nor increased land tax thresholds, that the…

Following previous requests during the 2022 land revaluations and given the revaluations in 2023, we continued to advocate to the QLD Treasurer to commit to land tax valuation threshold and freeze the tax increase to the 2021 valuations for residential…

The Land Valuation Act 2010 requires that the Valuer-General undertake an annual valuation of all land in a local government area except in unusual circumstances or after consideration of: A market survey report for the local government area which reviews…

Further to our previous updates regarding Land Valuations, including how they are used in relation to local government rates, there are processes available for anyone who objects to a land valuation decision in relation to their property. Please note that…

Land tax is calculated on the freehold land you own in Queensland at midnight on 30 June for the full financial year, and only applies to secondary properties above the $600,000 threshold. Information regarding exemptions, including for your primary home,…

The Estimates process is a crucial one, providing opportunity to find out how public funds are being spent or not spent, whether what communities had sought was being delivered or not, and ultimately, ensure what is passes the ‘pub test’.…

Hearing what our representatives have to report on behalf of their businesses whether via Chambers of Commerce or Business Associations is so important. As part of Sandy’s latest update to the roundtable, she relayed the following: SEQ REGIONAL PLAN yourwebsitedeveloper.com.au/sandy-bolton/wp/draft-southeast-queensland-regional-plan-update-october-2023…

The following article was authored by Sandy Bolton MP and published in the Noosa Today on the 29th of September 2023: With the culmination of a number of long advocacy journeys and the start of others, there is much to update…