Local Authorities (LA) need to be representative of key groups within their area by including people who are committed to attend and participate in meetings for the benefit of residents and community members.

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Local Authorities

• Are required under legislation with compliance guidelines on their functions
• Receive a meeting allowance (unless a Council staff member)
  
• Make recommendations to Council about issues in their community
• Are delegated to determine how LA Project money is spent in their community
• Are required to have a minimum of four meetings per year
• Are required to abide by the Council's code of conduct.

Nominations for Local Authority members

Nominations for each community are announced publicly when they become available. Nominations are open for 28 days and are followed by a community election, if required. Please see the Council Service Manager for more information.

Deputations

Please download the Deputation Form.

Agendas and Minutes

For agendas and minutes of Local Authority meetings please follow this link: LA Meeting Documents and for meeting times follow this link: LA Meetings

LAs in CDRC

The following local authorities meet within the Central Desert Region. Please refer to our Council Calendar for information on meeting dates. It is recommended that you contact the local community to confirm that the meetings will occur as meetings may be postponed due to cultural business or weather conditions.

Local Authority Allowances

Local Authority Allowances are established by the Minister for Local Government. On the 29 January 2016, the Minister set the allowances for Local Authorities based on revenue units as follows:

• Chair, if eligible, 143 revenue units
• other eligible members 107 revenue units.

The monetary value of a revenue unit for 2022-23 is $1.27 (calculations are rounded down to the nearest dollar).