On 5 February 2009, the Minister for Local Government, Hon John Castrilli announced a suite of Local Government reforms. The reforms announced by the Minister request each Local Government to consider structural reform options with its neighbouring Councils. Information on the Minister's reforms is available from the Department of Local Government.

On 9 February 2010, more than 400 Local Government representatives expressed their dissatisfaction with the Minister for Local Government's reform program at a state-wide forum.

The Minister for Local Government addressed the forum and answered questions. The outcome of the forum was the development of a communique.

A timeline of Local Government reform is available at www.voluntaryreform.com.au.

 

Metropolitan Local Government Review

In June 2011, the Premier and Minister for Local Government announced the commencement of a metropolitan Local Government reform review.  An eminent three-member panel has been established to review the social, economic and environmental challenges facing Perth over the next 50 years and recommend appropriate governance models and resultant boundaries for the sector.

The WALGA President and Deputy President will be one of the advisory groups providing input into the Panel, which will report to the Minister in June 2012.  As a part of this process, WALGA has created a President's Advisory Group Policy Forum comprising select representatives from within the sector to contribute to the process. For further information on the WALGA President's Advisory Group, click here.

The Metropolitan Local Government Review Panel has a comprehensive website which includes the Issues Paper and other background material. To acess the Review Panel website, click here.

 

Systemic Sustainability Study

The final report of the Systemic Sustainability Study (SSS) – The Journey: Sustainability into the Future – is available here. The publication of the final report is the culmination of a number of years of research, consultation and investment in the SSS project by the Local Government sector.

The tabs on the left hand side of this page contain many reports, documents and resources on the sustainability of the Local Government sector. The draft SSS reports, the working group reports that fed into The Journey and the original SSS Panel reports are all available to download.