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This media release provides information on our assessment of Lithgow City Council's special rate variation application for 2019-20.

The determination provides our assessment and decision on Lithgow City Council's 2022-23 additional special variation application.

IPART has assessed the council’s application against the criteria in the Office of Local Government (OLG) Guidelines. This report sets out our decision, and explains how and why we reached that decision.

Thirteen councils across NSW have applied to the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal (IPART) for a special variation to increase their income from rates above the rate peg (details in table below).

The Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal (IPART) has announced its decisions on 17 NSW council applications for special variations to increase their general income by more than the rate peg (details in Table 1 below).