Fees and services

State Government’s Fee Unit Model

The Queensland Government introduced a Fee Unit Model (the model) under Queensland Treasury’s Principles for Fees and Charges policy on 1 July 2021. The Fee Unit Model changed the mechanism for how fees are updated annually to reflect indexation.

The model replaces fee dollars with a set fee unit, with the fee unit value prescribed in the Acts Interpretation Act 1954 (AIA).

Under the AIA the fee unit value set for 2021–22 fees was 1 fee unit = $1.00, meaning a prescribed regulatory fee of $3.75 in 2021–22 equalled 3.75 fee units.

The 2026-27 fee unit value in the AIA, commencing on 1 July 2026, will be 1 fee unit = $1.133. This is based on the Queensland Treasury Government Indexation Rate (GIR) of 3.4% for 2026-27.

In the above example, the 2026–27 fee unit dollar value for 3.75 fee units is $4.25. (3.75 x $1.133 = 4.248 rounded to 4.25).

Towards supporting the cost of living and encouraging visitors to our National Parks, a number of admission fees for David Fleay Wildlife Park, Fort Lytton and Walkabout Creek Discovery Centre will retain at the same value as 2024-25 (no change from 1 July 2026).

Department prescribed regulations contain the dollar value rounding rule which must be applied when calculating the new fee unit dollar value for all regulatory and non-regulatory fees. Other department publications and receipting systems will continue to reference fee dollars for all regulatory and non-regulatory fees as well.