City of Stirling Budget Newsletter 2025/26

Drop-in sessions The City is hosting Rates drop-in sessions at Stirling Libraries for ratepayers. These sessions are designed to assist you with: • Setting up direct debit • Creating or accessing your rates portal login • Setting up Centrepay • Making a rates payment • Answering any questions about your rates notice.

State Government Rebate

Rates concessions are available to individuals who have an eligible pension or seniors card. If you are not registered at the City as an eligible pensioner or senior and feel that you may be eligible, please contact the Water Corporation or the City’s rates team as soon as possible.

Tuesday 5 August 2025 11.00am – 1.00pm

Stirling Libraries – Osborne Thursday 7 August 2025 11.00am – 1.00pm Stirling Libraries – Karrinyup Monday 11 August 2025 11.00am – 1.00pm Stirling Libraries – Scarborough

Concessions apply to the rates and Emergency Services Levy. All other charges such as waste, community safety and pool charges are exempt from a concession. Win a $500 Karrinyup Shopping Centre voucher!

The City is committed to making the rates process smoother and more efficient for our community. Check out the City’s online rates portal, packed with features to make managing your rates a breeze!

The City’s rates portal offers a host of self-service benefits, including:

Sign up today or log in to your existing account before 30 June 2026, and you could win a $500 Karrinyup Shopping Centre voucher. Don’t miss out on this fantastic opportunity!

• Electronic notices • Direct debit setup

$500 Voucher!

Visit www.stirling.wa.gov.au/PayYourRates for more details, competition terms and conditions, and to log in or register.

• Transaction applications • Easy online payments • Lodge and track online applications.

Waste avoidance rebates The City offers rebates for residents to make the switch away from some disposable everyday products to more sustainable, reusable products. Cloth Nappy Rebate: 50 per cent rebate up to $100 on the purchase, hire or repair of modern cloth nappies. Reusable Sanitary Product Rebate: 50 per cent rebate up to $50 on the purchase of reusable sanitary products, including menstrual, incontinence and maternity products.

Tip passes Property owners receive tip passes attached to their annual rates notice to dispose of green waste, clean sand, bricks, roof tiles and concrete, household mixed waste, fridges and mattresses. These non-transferable passes are for residential use at the Recycling Centre Balcatta. Fees apply after all tip passes have been used. Please have your tip passes ready to present at the weighbridge.

To learn more about using your tip passes, and to sign up to the City’s Online Services and access digital copies of your tip passes, visit www.cityofstirling.social/tippass

Valid 2025-26. Expires 31 July 2026. Present voucher (original only) at Weighbridge Clean green waste pass

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If your property is leased, please consider passing this newsletter and tip passes on to your tenant.

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Clean sand, bricks, roof tiles & concrete pass

Terms and conditions apply. See full details at www.stirling.wa.gov.au/wasteinitiatives

Valid 2025-26. Expires 31 July 2026. Present voucher (original only) at Weighbridge

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Household mixed waste pass

Valid 2025-26. Expires 31 July 2026. Present voucher (original only) at Weighbridge

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