Labor, LNP, and the Greens are all claiming credit for Brisbane City Council's decision to offer free green bins after satellite photos revealed hundreds of the bins in storage at council depots.

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We’ll have reporters in the Brisbane City Council budget lock-up this morning, ready to give you all the roads, rates and rubbish news you need to know from 11am.

Followed categories will be added to My News. Brisbane residents will have to find an extra 3.87 per cent to pay the average rates bill as part of the budget council will unveil this morning.

Brisbane’s increase is above the 2.5 per cent inflation rate but in line with the council’s cost index, which has soared due to pressure on construction and labour prices.

The Brisbane City Council has made green bins effectively free as it rolls out an opt-out green waste program for about 170,000 households and scraps surcharges in favour of a flat rate.

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