The proposal would provide $1 billion over 3 years to empower local councils across Australia, giving them the flexibility to prioritise and deliver critical community infrastructure and road projects tailored to their communities’ needs.

There would be 2 funding streams, each worth $500 million:

• Resilience and community infrastructure stream: open to all councils, this stream will help strengthen communities against natural disasters and fund essential infrastructure to support local growth.
• Roads stream: targeted to regional councils to fix potholes, maintain and improve local roads.

Funding would be distributed as $400 million in 2025-26 and 2026-27, and $200 million in 2027-28.

The proposal would be non-ongoing and start from 1 July 2025.