Bill Smoothing Payment Plan

The September instalment payment is due by 30 September.

Council Direct Debit Payment Plan Option

If you need to spread your payments over the financial year, you can set up a weekly, fortnightly, or monthly bill smoothing Payment Plan with Council. Please reach out as soon as possible after receiving your rate notice to set up your bill smoothing payment plan.

If you would like to set up a payment plan to smooth these payments, you can apply online via the link below:

Bill Smoothing Payment Plan Application

Self-manage

Alternatively, if you would prefer to self-manage your payments and have flexibility, you can create a weekly, fortnightly or monthly schedule in BPAY.  Log in to your online banking and set up your regular payment amount using BPAY to schedule and help spread your rates payments through to the 31 May.

Weekly Payments

Divide the $ amount due as shown on your rate notice by the number of weeks remaining to determine your weekly payment amount.

For example, you are starting payment in the week commencing 22/09/2026, there are 36 weeks remaining, therefore divide the Total Amount Outstanding $/36, as there are only 36 weeks remaining until the 31/05/2027. 

Week #

Start Date

End Date

Weeks Remaining

1

01/09/2026

31/05/2027

39

2

08/09/2026

31/05/2027

38

3

15/09/2026

31/05/2027

37

4

22/09/2026

31/05/2027

36

5

29/09/2026

31/05/2027

35

6

06/10/2026

31/05/2027

34

7

13/10/2026

31/05/2027

33

8

20/10/2026

31/05/2027

32

9

27/10/2026

31/05/2027

31

10

03/11/2026

31/05/2027

30

11

10/11/2026

31/05/2027

29

12

17/11/2026

31/05/2027

28

13

24/11/2026

31/05/2027

27

14

01/12/2026

31/05/2027

26

15

08/12/2026

31/05/2027

25

16

15/12/2026

31/05/2027

24

17

22/12/2026

31/05/2027

23

18

29/12/2026

31/05/2027

22

19

05/01/2027

31/05/2027

21

20

12/01/2027

31/05/2027

20

21

19/01/2027

31/05/2027

19

22

26/01/2027

31/05/2027

18

23

02/02/2027

31/05/2027

17

24

09/02/2027

31/05/2027

16

25

16/02/2027

31/05/2027

15

26

23/02/2027

31/05/2027

14

27

02/03/2027

31/05/2027

13

28

09/03/2027

31/05/2027

12

29

16/03/2027

31/05/2027

11

30

23/03/2027

31/05/2027

10

31

30/03/2027

31/05/2027

9

32

06/04/2027

31/05/2027

8

33

13/04/2027

31/05/2027

7

34

20/04/2027

31/05/2027

6

35

27/04/2027

31/05/2027

5

36

04/05/2027

31/05/2027

4

37

11/05/2027

31/05/2027

3

38

18/05/2027

31/05/2027

2

39

25/05/2027

31/05/2027

1

Fortnightly Payments

Divide the $ amount due as shown on your rate notice by the number of fortnights remaining to determine the fortnightly payment amount.

For example, you are starting payment on the fortnight commencing 13/10/2026, there are 17 fortnights remaining, therefore divide the Total Amount Outstanding $/17, as there are only 17 fortnights remaining until the 31/05/2027. 

Fortnight

Start Date

End Date

Fortnights Remaining

Fortnight 1

01/09/2026

31/05/2027

20

Fortnight 2

15/09/2026

31/05/2027

19

Fortnight 3

29/09/2026

31/05/2027

18

Fortnight 4

13/10/2026

31/05/2027

17

Fortnight 5

27/10/2026

31/05/2027

16

Fortnight 6

10/11/2026

31/05/2027

15

Fortnight 7

24/11/2026

31/05/2027

14

Fortnight 8

08/12/2026

31/05/2027

13

Fortnight 9

22/12/2026

31/05/2027

12

Fortnight 10

05/01/2027

31/05/2027

11

Fortnight 11

19/01/2027

31/05/2027

10

Fortnight 12

02/02/2027

31/05/2027

9

Fortnight 13

16/02/2027

31/05/2027

8

Fortnight 14

02/03/2027

31/05/2027

7

Fortnight 15

16/03/2027

31/05/2027

6

Fortnight 16

30/03/2027

31/05/2027

5

Fortnight 17

13/04/2027

31/05/2027

4

Fortnight 18

27/04/2027

31/05/2027

3

Fortnight 19

11/05/2027

31/05/2027

2

Fortnight 20

25/05/2027

31/05/2027

1

Monthly Payments

Divide the $ amount due as shown on your rate notice by the number of months remaining to determine the monthly payment amount.

For example, you are starting payment in the month of September, there are 9 months remaining, therefore divide the Total Amount Outstanding $/9, as there are only 9 months remaining until the 31/05/2027. 

Month

Start Date

End Date

Months Remaining

September

01/09/2026

31/05/2027

9

October

1/10/2026

31/05/2027

8

November

1/11/2026

31/05/2027

7

December

1/12/2026

31/05/2027

6

January

1/01/2027

31/05/2027

5

February

1/02/2027

31/05/2027

4

March

1/03/2027

31/05/2027

3

April

1/04/2027

31/05/2027

2

May

1/05/2027

31/05/2027

1