A local government council exercising differential rating powers under the Local Government Act 1993 (Qld) must confine its considerations to attributes of the land when setting differential general rates, and may not take into account the personal wealth or capacity to pay of landowners, whether assessed in absolute or comparative terms. The unimproved value of land is an attribute of the land, not a measure of the landowner's wealth.
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