Annual Report highlights year of delivering for Ipswich community
Published on 31 October 2025
Ipswich City Council’s Annual Report 2024-2025 outlines a successful year of delivery of key services and major projects for the community.
Ipswich Mayor Teresa Harding said council is working for a city on track to grow from a population of more than 265,000 to half a million by 2046.
“The Annual Report 2024-2025 highlights our delivery of our range of vital services – whether it be capital works, waste and recycling operations, community services including sport, art, events and libraries, environmental initiatives, regulatory services and much more,” Mayor Harding said.
“Our capital works projects in 2024-2025 included the completion of Stage 3 of the Redbank Plains Road upgrade, with planning for Stage 4 now underway, while construction of the final of three phases of the Springfield Parkway and Springfield Greenbank Arterial Duplication is also continuing.
“Council invested $97.64m in capital works in 2024-2025, delivering 114 projects and completing detailed designs to enable the construction of a further 58 projects, including the rehabilitation of 14.57km of sealed roads and 35.65km of gravel road.
“We continue to advocate to other levels of government to partner with council in the delivery of critical infrastructure projects, including Ipswich to Springfield Central Public Transport Corridor, a second Ipswich Central Bremer River crossing, major highway upgrades and a better bus network.
“The past financial year also saw us introduce free garden organics (GO) green bins, complete our largest rooftop solar power system on the Ipswich Central Library, open the Silver Jubilee Sports Facility Clubhouse and continue to revitalise our city centre with key new tenancies at the Nicholas Street Precinct.
“We provided more than 90,000 free plants to Ipswich residents, held five festivals attended by more than 100,000 people, delivered 10,607 school vaccinations, hosted 3,501 performing arts events at council venues, collected 172,260 wheelie bins per week and processed 1,496 development applications.”
Finance and Governance Committee Chair Councillor Paul Tully said the Annual Report showed a 3.61 per cent rise in net operating surplus on the previous financial year.
“Underpinned by responsible management and efficiency, the last financial year was a success for council as our net operating surplus rose to $15.18 million from a deficit of $2.47 million in 2023-2024,” Cr Tully said.
“The people of Ipswich benefit from having a council that has balanced its books, providing stability and certainty for our fast-growing population.
“We continue to work to improve the condition of our assets and deliver new infrastructure to position our city for the growth we expect over the next 20 years.
“The outcomes were achieved despite the challenge of higher materials and services costs, which rose $13.2 million in 2024-2025, driven by higher charges related to contracts, fleet maintenance, mowing, utilities and software subscriptions.”
The 2024-2025 Annual Report can be viewed online at Ipswich.qld.gov.au