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We are making it easier for you to access your information
The Right to Information Act 2009 gives you the right to access and amend information held by public section agencies in QLD.


Find out what you can and can't access!
Festive Flags Competition
School aged students are invited to submit a design celebrating Christmas in the tropics.


Competition closes Friday 28 August.
Water Opt-In
Did you know that you can choose how you're billed for your water?


The Water Opt-in period commenced on Monday 29 July and runs until Sunday 25 August 2019.
Support Local Townsville
In line with the Queensland and Australian Government's easing of the COVID-19 restrictions, Council is still encouraging all residents to do their part in supporting local businesses wherever possible.
Insights into Your City and Your Council
Townsville Dashboards is a digital platform to access high quality, current data and information about Townsville, informing and enabling the Townsville community and those with an interest in investing in the region.
I want to make a payment!
Our online payment area allows you to pay rates and utilities, penalty infringements, animal registrations, business renewals and invoices.
Works and Road Closures
Visit our Works & Road Closures webpage to see variety Council works and closures within the Townsville region.
Current Media Releases
Keep up to date with the latest news and media releases from Council.

COVID-19 Information

Small Business & Individual Support
The Australian and Queensland Government released the COVID-19 Stimulus Package to help support individuals and small businesses.
Being Neighbourly
Want to check in on your neighbour and don’t know how?

Townsville City Council has created a postcard that you can fill out and place in your neighbours letterbox.
Queensland Health

The latest updates on Coronavirus (COVID-19) including the current status, what actions to take, fact sheets and more are available from the Queensland Health website.
Townsville Shines
These are unprecedented times, and they are tough ones. Let's band together as a community, support local businesses, show a little kindness, check-in, get active, connect and learn.
Townsville City Council Support & Information
Council has added additional measures to the multimillion-dollar support package targeted at providing extra support to small businesses feeling the effects of COVID-19.

What’s On in Townsville

Entrepreneur in Residence
Join us for the Entrepreneur in Residence program and discover how the library can be used as a FREE resource for your entrepreneurial journey.
Doing Business with Council
Townsville City Council invites Townsville businesses to meet with our procurement professionals to better understand how they can do business with Council.

Register for your session now!
Sustainability Virtual Tours
Join us online for virtual tours of the:

- Douglas Water Treatment Plant
- Rowes Bay - Sustainability Centre
- Rowes Bay - Boardwalk
- Loam Island
- Anderson Gardens and
- Ross Dam
Online workshops
Online art workshops designed for families and kids of all ages.
Book your tickets now!
Get ready to witness the Rumble on the Reef when Jeff 'The Hornet' Horn takes on Tim Tszyu.

Queensland Country Bank Stadium
26 August, 2020
North Queensland Ceramic Awards
The biennial North Queensland Ceramic Awards has long aimed to increase public exposure to a high standard of pottery from around the nation.

31 July - 20 September
Perc Tucker Regional Gallery

Explore Townsville

CityLibraries
We have three library branches and a mobile library so come in and explore your library.
Our pools and lagoons
Visit our pools, beaches, Riverway lagoons or rockpool for a refreshing dip.
Jezzine Barracks
The 15-hectare heritage precinct commemorates the military and Aboriginal heritage of the Kissing Point headland through 32 specially commissioned public artworks, extensive interpretive signage and the restoration of significant elements of the Kissing Point Fort complex. Large-scale landscaping works have also opened up the area for public use.
Townsville's Sister Cities
The main aim of Sister City contact is to create friendship and understanding between peoples and to lay a foundation of goodwill and exchange for future generations.

Visit our Sister Cities page for more details.


Image: Hwaseong Fortress, Suwon - Japan
Street Art Locations
Street Art as an important factor in creating a vibrant and lively city centre. Contributing to placemaking and urban living transformation.
Townsville's History
Discover Townsville from its humble beginnings.
Botanical Gardens
Townsville has four botanic gardens: Anderson Gardens, Palmetum, Queens Gardens and Dan Gleeson Gardens and they are a beautiful sight to behold. Visit them today!
Parks, Trails & Camping
Throughout the Townsville region we have over 300 parks and open space areas, four botanics gardens, a great many walkways and bikeways throughout the city and surrounds and a variety of camping and caravan locations to suit everyone.