Sample · QLD · $5 response pack
Real published figures for a 2-bedroom unit in Toowong 4066, with an example rent ($650 to $750 a week) and an example notice. Yours uses your own figures and dates.
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1 Nov 2026 To: The property manager Re: Rent increase Dear property manager, Thank you for your notice, which I received on 12 Oct 2026, proposing to increase the rent from $650 to $750 a week from 26 Nov 2026. That's an increase of +15.4%: $100 a week, or $5,200 a year. I've looked at the published figures. Residential Tenancies Authority (Queensland) bond data for new leases of 2-bedroom units in postcode 4066 (including Toowong, Auchenflower and Mount Coot-tha) shows a median of $740 a week for July 2026 – Sept 2026, from 191 new leases. From September 2025, around when my current rent started, to September 2026, that median moved +13.8%. At that pace, my rent of $650 a week would now be about $740. I've paid the rent on time throughout my tenancy. I'd like to stay on for the long term. My understanding of the rules is that at least two months' written notice is needed before a new rent starts. Your notice reached me on 12 Oct 2026 and gives 44 full days before 26 Nov 2026, not counting the day it reached me. Could you please confirm the start date? I'd like to propose a rent of $740 a week instead. Could you please reply in writing by 8 Nov 2026? Kind regards, [Your name]
In the pack alongside the reply, so you can check the 12 months from the last increase. You can ask the property manager in writing for proof of when the rent was last increased; they must give it within 14 days, unless the lessor is an exempt lessor or the property is being rented for the first time.
1 Nov 2026 To: The property manager Re: Proof of the last rent increase Dear property manager, I'm asking for written proof of the date the rent for this property was last increased. My understanding from the Residential Tenancies Authority is that this is given within 14 days of a written request (unless the lessor is an exempt lessor, or the property is being rented for the first time). Kind regards, [Your name]
That's $100 a week — $5,200 a year.
The increase (+15.4%) is larger than the median's +13.8% change since the rent was last increased (September 2025 to September 2026), while the proposed rent of $750/wk is close to the median of $740/wk for new leases of 2-bedroom units in postcode 4066. The median rests on as few as 179 new leases in one of the two periods, so a gap of up to 2 points can be chance.
Postcode 4066 includes Toowong, Auchenflower and Mount Coot-tha: these are the whole postcode's figures.
At the median's pace (+13.8% since the rent was last increased), $650/wk would be $740/wk.
The proposed rent is +15.4% on what you pay now ($650 → $750/wk). The median for new leases of 2-bedroom units in postcode 4066 moved +13.8% over the 12 months to September 2026. Now: $650/wk is −12.2% vs the median of $740/wk; proposed: $750/wk is +1.4% vs the median of $740/wk.
New leases · 2-bedroom units · postcode 4066 · July 2026 – Sept 2026 · 191 leases · period ended 4 weeks ago
This group's latest figures are on a public page: Postcode 4066 · 2-bedroom units ·
Notice received 12 Oct 2026
The date you entered. The dates below count from it.
The notice gives 44 full days before the new rent starts, short of two months' notice
At least two months' written notice is needed for a general tenancy, stating the new rent, the day it starts and when the rent was last increased (in rooming accommodation it's four weeks, so from 10 Nov 2026). The day you got the notice isn't counted, and a period that ends on a weekend or public holiday runs to the next business day (weekends are allowed for here; check for a public holiday). Counted from the day after you got it, that runs to 14 Dec 2026, so on this rule the new rent can start from 15 Dec 2026.
At least 12 months after the last increase
The rent for this property was last increased on 1 Sept 2025. In Queensland the 12 months run from the last increase (or from when the property was first rented), for the property: whoever the tenant, agreement or owner. A reduction doesn't restart them. Going back to the earlier rent after a reduction because the property became partly unfit to live in or lost services, facilities or amenity, or a reduction QCAT ordered isn't an increase (a discount agreed for another reason isn't one of those). QCAT can allow an earlier increase for undue hardship. The new rent starts 26 Nov 2026.
Last day to start a dispute: 11 Nov 2026
If you think the increase is excessive, start with a dispute resolution request to the RTA within 30 days of getting the notice: it's free, and a rent dispute has to go there before it can go to QCAT. If it isn't resolved, the RTA gives you a notice to take to QCAT. A tenants' advice service can help with both. If that day is a public holiday, the next business day counts.
Before you act on it
If the dates on your notice don't meet these rules, a tenants' advice service can confirm what that means for you before you act on it.
Checked against the dates you entered, not your agreement itself: the rules below have exceptions.
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From Residential Tenancies Authority — Rent increases (checked 2026-10-17). General information, not legal advice — we haven't seen your agreement. A tenants' advice service can help.