What the council is working on
Recent deliveries, what's underway now, and what's planned next — drawn from the council's own plans, budgets and project pages. We report what the council has publicly said it's doing; every item links to its source.
The council's stated direction
Queanbeyan-Palerang's direction is set out in its Community Strategic Plan ('Towards 2042', revised 2025) and a four-year Delivery Program with an annual Operational Plan and budget, shaped by fast growth on the ACT border (Googong, Jerrabomberra), servicing dispersed rural towns, and repairing the council's financial position through a multi-year Special Rate Variation.
The council manages local roads, waste, water and sewer, libraries, parks and planning across a large LGA that pairs the city of Queanbeyan with rural towns like Bungendore, Braidwood and Captains Flat, wrapped around the eastern side of the ACT. Its Delivery Program is the elected council's statement of commitment for its term.
The council's budget is funded partly through an IPART-approved Special Rate Variation lifting total rates income 18% a year over 2023–24 to 2025–26, alongside its capital works program and developer contributions from growth areas such as Googong.
Underway now
Googong township growth & Googong Common recreation hub
Township build-out ongoing; Googong Common under constructionGoogong is a major new-release residential area on the ACT border. Under a Voluntary Planning Agreement, Googong Common — a new sporting and recreation hub planned to include five ovals, hard courts and an indoor facility — is being delivered as the town grows.
Source: Queanbeyan-Palerang — Community Strategic Plan 'Towards 2042'
Bungendore Sports Hub
Land acquired; planning well advancedA new district sports hub for Bungendore on land off Bungendore Road, identified by the former Palerang Council and carried forward by QPRC. Land has been acquired and planning is well advanced under the council's Sports Facilities Strategic Plan.
Source: Queanbeyan-Palerang — Sports Facilities Strategic Plan 2024
Planned / committed
Waste Management Strategy 2025–2045 (local FOGO processing)
Draft strategy; 20-year horizonA draft long-term waste strategy flags the potential benefits of processing the region's food-and-garden (FOGO) waste locally, rather than transporting it out of the area, alongside broader resource-recovery goals to 2045.
Source: About Regional — Council draft plan flags benefits of processing waste locally