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Local Government Amendment Bill 2023 introduced

Feb 23, 2023

Local Government Minister, the Hon John Carey MLA has presented the Local Government Amendment Bill 2023 to the WA Parliament.

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Proclamation of Local Government Amendment (Auditing) Act 2017

LG Alert

Local governments are advised that the Local Government Amendment (Auditing) Act 2017 was proclaimed on Friday, 27 October 2017 in the WA Government Gazette No. 207, page 5413.

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Alternative Queen's Birthday Public Holiday dates 2018

LG Alert

The Governor has declared that the Celebration Day for the Anniversary of the Birthday of the Reigning Sovereign (Queen's Birthday public holiday) will be observed in 2018 on Monday 24 September.

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Controlling Off-road Vehicles in Your Community

LG Alert

In light of recent off-road vehicle incidents across the State, local governments are reminded of the options available for controlling off-road vehicle use in the community.

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Country Local Government Fund — Youth Development Program 2016-17

LG Alert

Recently, I have had the privilege of awarding funding through the Country Local Government Fund – Youth Development Program to 25 local government scholarship recipients and 12 local governments to implement traineeship programs.

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Regulation Amendment Changes to Fixed Term Deposit Investment Period

LG Alert

I am pleased to advise that following feedback from the local government sector, the McGowan Government has responded to requests to change the period of time that local governments can invest in fixed term deposits.

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MyCouncil Website Data Update

LG Alert

Local government 2015-16 financial data will be available on the MyCouncil comparative website from Thursday 1 June 2017.

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Regional Subsidiaries — Government Policy and Guidelines

LG Alert

I am pleased to announce the release of the policy and guidelines for the establishment of regional subsidiaries.

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Local Government Legislation Amendment Act 2019

LG Alert

The Local Government Legislation Amendment Act 2019 has received Royal Assent with some of the amendments taking effect immediately. As such, all local governments need to take action now to ensure they continue to comply with the requirements of the Local Government Act 1995.

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Checking Status of Local Government Employees

LG Alert

The Auditor General has conducted a number of local government Performance Audits since the proclamation of the Local Government Amendment (Auditing) Act 2017.

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Local government auditing

LG Alert

Local governments are reminded of their audit reporting obligations under section 7.12A(4)(a) of the Local Government Act 1995.

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Review of parking local laws

LG Alert

In October 2018, the Transport (Road Passenger Services) Act 2018 (TRPS Act) was passed by the Parliament of Western Australia and a number of reforms impacting parking local laws will come into effect on 2 July 2019.

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Local Government Legislation Amendment Bill 2019

LG Alert

Local Government Legislation Amendment Bill 2019

WA State Parliament

Local Government Legislation Amendment Bill 2019

LG Alert

In June 2017, the McGowan Government announced a review of the Local Government Act 1995 (LG Act).

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Safe work places in local government

LG Alert

Minister Templeman recently spoke of his concerns about a trend of bullying and abuse in the local government sector against elected members, CEO’s and other staff.

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Impact of SAT decision on park homes and park home park licences

15 February 2019

LG Alert

A recent decision of the State Administrative Tribunal has significant implications in relation to what constitutes a park home.

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Ministerial Circular 04 2018

21 December 2018

LG Alert

With the end of the year rapidly approaching, it is timely to reflect on a busy 2018 and what promises to be an equally busy 2019.

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