LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT —
REVIEW
1358. Hon AARON STONEHOUSE to the Leader of the House
representing the Minister for Local Government:
I refer to the response the Minister
for Local Government gave in the other place on 4 April 2019 in relation to the
Local Government Act review, and specifically to his comments that the
government intended to —
� create a green bill that we can
further consult on before we bring landmark reform legislation to Parliament in
the near future.
Given that 18 months have passed and
we are now heading into an election in which jobs and the local economy will be
central, and given that the local government sector now accounts for approximately
$4 billion of economic throughput across Western Australia each year, I ask the
following.
(1) What stage is the green bill
currently at?
(2) Since it will
not now be tabled prior to Parliament rising, is the minister able to table at
least an executive summary of its proposed provisions so that the electors of Western
Australia know what they can expect in this space from any future government of
which the minister or his colleagues might be a part?
Hon SUE
ELLERY replied:
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question.
(1)–(2) The
details of the local government green bill will be provided when the bill is
finalised and released for public consultation.