Ways to pay your bill

Temporary ePayment and Property Services interruption

Customers will be unable to access ePayment and Property Services for payments and lodgements between 4:30 pm and 5:30 pm on Monday 7 September due to planned system maintenance. Thank you for your patience.

View other ways to pay a bill during the outage below or contact us if you have any questions.

Payment options are clearly printed on the notice or invoice.

Note: Centrepay (Centrelink benefit) is not available for paying your rates.

Pay your rates or water online with Payble and enter the draw!

Setup Payable and enter to win

Pay your rates or water bill with Payble and go into the draw to win 1 of 7 $500 vouchers to spend at a local business of your choice, or get a $500 credit on your rates!

Make a payment with Payble before 26 October for your chance to win.* 

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* Terms and conditions apply. Read more...

Tweed Shire Council – Payble competition 

Terms and Conditions 

  1. Promoter
    • The promoter of this competition is Tweed Shire Council.
  2. Competition Name
    • Payble Prize Draw.
  3. Promotion Period
    • The competition opened with the introduction of Payble and finishes at 5 pm on Monday 26 October 2026. Entries received after this time will not be accepted.
  4. Who can enter
    • Entry is open to all ratepayers of Tweed Shire Council.
    • There is no minimum age requirement.
    • Councillors and Staff from Tweed Shire Council (and their immediate families) are excluded from any prizes.
    • A maximum of one entry will be awarded per contact for each rateable property, regardless of the number of eligible rates or water payments made during the promotion period .
  5. How to enter
    • To be in the prize draw, Tweed Shire Council customers must make a successful payment via Payble to their rates or water within the promotion period.
    • A successful payment is defined as a payment that has been processed and received by Tweed Shire Council via Payble during the promotion period.
    • Customers must be set up as a contact within Council's Payble payment system.
    • Eligible customers will be automatically entered into the draw upon completion of a successful payment via Payble. No additional entry form is required.
  6. Prizes
    • Prizes consist of seven (7) x $500 vouchers or credit that winners can spend at a local business of their choice. Winners may elect to have the $500 prize value paid off their TSC rates or water account.
    • Winners will nominate their preferred local business and Tweed Shire Council (TSC) will liaise with the local business to organise the $500 voucher or credit.
    • The nominated business must be a registered trading business located within the Tweed Shire Council local government area and able to supply goods or services compliant with applicable laws.
    • Council reserves the right to approve or decline a nominated business at its discretion.
    • Prizes are not transferable or exchangeable and cannot be redeemed for cash.
  7. Winner Selection and Notification
    • Winners will be randomly drawn at Tweed Shire Council office on 29 October 2026 from all eligible entries.
    • Winners will be contacted via the contact details registered with Payble. If no longer current, Council will use the property ownership records to contact the winner.
    • Winners will be publicly announced on Friday 30 October 2026, via Tweed Shire Council social media channels.
  8. Prize Claim
    • Council will notify the winner via phone and email registered in their Payble account.
    • Winners will nominate their preferred local business to redeem the prize and Tweed Shire Council (TSC) will organise the $500 voucher or credit.
    • If a winner cannot be contacted by phone or email, or does not return contact by 5 pm Friday 20 November 2026, Council reserves the right to deem the prize forfeited and apply the $500 prize value to the winner’s rates.
    • If a winner does not select their preferred business to redeem the prize before 5 pm Friday 20 November, Council reserves the right to apply a $500 prize value to their rates.
    • The voucher or credit expiry date is set by the issuing business.
  9. Disputes
    • Any disputes regarding the competition will be handled by Tweed Shire Council’s Communications and Engagement team. Their decision will be final and no correspondence will be entered into.
  10. Promotion of Winner
    • Council may request to photograph the winner and announce this via the Tweed Shire Council’s social media pages, websites, Tweed Link and any other publication.  Participation in promotional activity is optional.
  11. Additional terms and conditions 
    • Council reserves the right to cancel or amend the prize without notice for any reason.
    • Council is not responsible for inaccurate prize details supplied to any entrant by any third party connected with this prize.
    • Council accepts no responsibility for entries that are lost, delayed, misdirected or incomplete or cannot be delivered, accessed or entered for any technical or other reason.
    • Council reserves the right, at all times, to substitute any prize with another prize of similar value in the event the original prize offered is not available for any reason.
    • Council’s decision, in respect of all matters to do with this competition, will be final and no correspondence will be entered into.
    • Council shall have the right, at its sole discretion and at any time, to change or modify these terms and conditions without notice.
    • Council accepts no responsibility or liability and shall not be responsible or liable for any damage, loss, liabilities, injury or disappointment incurred or suffered by the customer as a result of entering an expression of interest, accepting or using the voucher or any products purchased with the voucher.
    • Council is not liable for any failure to comply with its obligations where such failure is caused by something outside of Council’s reasonable control.
  12. Privacy
    • By entering this competition, participants agree that their contact details may be used by Council for the purposes of contacting the winner.  Personal information, as defined under the Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998, may be requested from competition winners for the purpose of providing prizes. The provision of any personal information is voluntary and is to be provided to Tweed Shire Council and potentially the businesses providing the vouchers or credit only. Any personal information stored can be accessed by contacting Tweed Shire Council on 02 6670 2400 or email at tsc@tweed.nsw.gov.au.

Payble – an easier, faster way to pay your rates and water online

Payble is a secure payment service that helps you stay on top of your bills and manage payments in a way that suits you.

Payble gives you a flexible option for bill smoothing when paying your rates and water. You can pay in full or choose flexible payment amounts that suit your budget.

Payble makes it easier than ever to manage your bills online with a seamless online experience:

  • Pay in full or in instalments that suit your budget: Choose to pay your instalments weekly, fortnightly or monthly instalments and self-manage your own payment plans.
  • Select how you pay: Either by credit card, debit card or set up a direct debit.
  • SMS notifications: Receive helpful reminders before payments are due so you can make sure there are enough funds in your account to avoid being charged interest.
  • Check your balance: Check in to see what's been paid and future.
  • Manage your payments anytime, anywhere: from your phone, laptop or tablet.

Pay with Payble now

Setting up Payble is quick and easy

Scan the QR code on your rates notice or click the 'Set up your preferred payment option' button.

Enter your mobile number or email

Enter your mobile or email

Enter the SMS verification code

Enter the validation code

Enter your property ID

Enter your property ID

Confirm property details

Confirm your details

Choose a payment option

Choose a payment option

Select how to pay

Select how to pay

Other ways to pay

Online – ePayment and Property Services

Use Council's online portal to pay your:

  • rates
  • water notice
  • sundry debtor notices
  • application invoices

Need help with our online portal?

Download the Customer guide(PDF, 2MB) or watch one of the 'how to' videos.

Online payment process – watch our 6 short 'how to' videos

Watch the video below about paying a rates or water notice, or one of the other ePayment and Property Services 'how to' guides.

BPAY telephone and internet banking

BPay logo

Contact your bank or financial institution to make a payment from your cheque, savings debit or credit card account.

Council's Biller Code is 131 284 and the reference number is on the front of your notice.

For more information visit bpay.com.au.

Direct debit

 

Our Payble online payment platform helps you setup and manage your direct debit payments for rates and water.

You can set up and manage your own direct debit with a choice of flexible weekly, fortnightly, or monthly payments.

If you have an outstanding balance, you can also arrange a 'Flexible Payment Plan' over an extended period.

Payble is free and easy to setup and allows you to check your balance at any time. If your circumstances change, simply log in to adjust your payment amount or frequency.

Post Billpay

Post Billpay logo Visit www.postbillpay.com.au or phone 13 18 16 to pay with Visa, Visa debit or Mastercard.

Council's Postbillpay code is 0575 and the reference number is on the front of your notice. A surcharge applies for credit card payments.

You can also scan and pay bills with the Australia Post app. Download the free app on your smart phone, tablet or smart watch. Select 'pay your bill', scan the barcode at the bottom of your bill, then enter your payment details.

In person

Australia Post

Payments can be made by cash, cheque or EFTPOS. (Australia Post does not accept payment by credit card.)

Council offices

Visit one of our administration offices at Tweed Heads or Murwillumbah during office hours.

We accept payments by cash, cheque, money order, EFTPOS, Visa and Mastercard. A fee of 0.6% applies for credit card payments.

By mail

Please make cheques payable to Tweed Shire Council, crossed ‘Not negotiable’ and mail to Tweed Shire Council, PO Box 816, Murwillumbah NSW 2484.

Do not send cash through the mail. Council is not responsible for delays or lost receipts by post.

Can I use an old notice to pay?

Australia Post can use one of your old rates notices to process a new payment. You can use reference numbers for Post Bill Pay and BPAY from your old rates notices.

Make sure you use your rates notice to pay for land rates, and your water notice to pay for water rates.

Do not use a notice for a property you have sold.