Budget 2023

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The period for community consultation on the 2023 Draft Budget has now  concluded. A report on the community response will be presented to Council at a meeting in June 2023.

Orange City Council's annual budget for the 2023/24 financial year is on display for community comment.

Members of the community are invited to complete a survey, leave an online comment or make a formal submission.

On this site you can find out about the budget by:

  • reading the official budget papers in the document library (at right)
  • checking out budget infographics (at right)
  • reading news articles about the budget
  • there will be more new articles about details of the budget in the coming weeks.

At the 16 May meeting, as well as making the decision to put the draft budget on exhibition, Council made one change on the night to spend $600K, (up from $408K) on footpaths. Accordingly, these budget documents you can download here don’t reflect that change. The extra footpath spend will be from capital, so it won’t change the draft budget’s operating deficit.

You can have your say on the budget (below) by:

To make sure this community engagement is as accurate as it can be, you will have to register with YourSay Orange to leave a comment or complete a survey.

Registering with YourSay Orange is quick and easy. Simply follow the prompts to add a screen name and an email address.

The deadline for all submissions, comments and surveys on the budget is 13 June 2023.

A report on the community feedback will be considered by a Council meeting later in June.


Orange City Council's annual budget for the 2023/24 financial year is on display for community comment.

Members of the community are invited to complete a survey, leave an online comment or make a formal submission.

On this site you can find out about the budget by:

  • reading the official budget papers in the document library (at right)
  • checking out budget infographics (at right)
  • reading news articles about the budget
  • there will be more new articles about details of the budget in the coming weeks.

At the 16 May meeting, as well as making the decision to put the draft budget on exhibition, Council made one change on the night to spend $600K, (up from $408K) on footpaths. Accordingly, these budget documents you can download here don’t reflect that change. The extra footpath spend will be from capital, so it won’t change the draft budget’s operating deficit.

You can have your say on the budget (below) by:

To make sure this community engagement is as accurate as it can be, you will have to register with YourSay Orange to leave a comment or complete a survey.

Registering with YourSay Orange is quick and easy. Simply follow the prompts to add a screen name and an email address.

The deadline for all submissions, comments and surveys on the budget is 13 June 2023.

A report on the community feedback will be considered by a Council meeting later in June.


Leave a comment about the budget or the new draft CSP

As well as completing a survey or making a formal submission you can also leave an online comment.

Comments can be about any aspect of the draft budget.

You can also read the comments left by others.

To make sure the survey is as accurate as possible, residents must register with the YourSay Orange site.

Registering with YourSay Orange is quick and easy. Simply follow the prompts to add a screen name and an email address.

The deadline for leaving a comment is 19 May.

The period for community consultation on the 2023 Draft Budget has now  concluded. A report on the community response will be presented to Council at a meeting in June 2023.

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