LG Equip - Local Government Reform
Background
The implementation of the Review Act is a once in a generation set of reforms that present an opportunity for the local government sector to demonstrate excellence in leadership, governance and administration, enhancing the value that councils provide their communities.
This project enables LGA to support member councils through the reform implementation process.
Member councils can visit Local Government Reform for more information.
Project outputs and outcomes
Behavioural Management Framework (BMF) including:
- Council resources on sexual harassment
- Health and safety duties
- Conduct management framework
- Council resources on integrity provisions - subsidiaries and committees
- Council resources on registers of interests
- Council resources on suspensions
- Submissions to SA Government consultations on standards and regulations in accordance with government timelines
- Resources developed are added to the Local Government Reform page.
Project progress, January 2024
The initial timeline for the LG Equip project was based on timely implementation of reforms following passage of the Statutes Amendment (Local Government Review) Act 2021. The proclamation and commencement of provisions has been delayed and is occurring in a staged manner.
Many of the reforms have commenced and LGA has produced extensive information and guides to support councils meet requirements. Some reforms haven't commenced yet so LGA isn't able to finalise the full suite of resources.
For example, community engagement reforms have not been proclaimed for commencement and the timeline is not yet known. The participation and elections review process commenced in October 2023 and is exploring community views on councils' approach to community engagement. This review is expected to result in the commencement of the community engagement reforms in 2024.
Completed tasks
The following has been completed as per January 2024:
- behavioural management/support policies
- council resources on sexual harassment
- council resources on suspensions
- council resources on employee behavioural standards
- submissions to SA Government consultations on standards and regulations in accordance with government timelines.
This project was approved by the LGA Board of Directors on 21 May 2021.
This project was merged with a previous project called the Local Government Reform Implementation project.