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2 | 1 | Brimbank City Council | This National General Assembly calls on the Australian Government to: 1. Recognise the importance of Financial Assistance Grants to all councils; 2. Recognise ALGA's long-standing position that the current quantum of the Financial Assistance Grants are well below what is required for councils to effectively deliver a wide range of necessary services; and 3. Increase the pool of funds available for the Financial Assistance Grants so that this equates to at least 1% of Commonwealth tax revenue. | Hon Kristy McBain MP, Minister for Regional Development Local Government and Territories | No | |||||||||||||||||||||
3 | 2 | Tamworth Regional Council | This National General Assembly calls on the Australian Government to urgently address the critical shortfall in Financial Assistance Grants to local government, with a particular focus on a significant increase in road funding following the intense climatic and weather events of the past two years. | Hon Kristy McBain MP, Minister for Regional Development Local Government and Territories | No | |||||||||||||||||||||
4 | 3 | Central Highlands Regional Council | This National General Assembly calls on the Australian Government to assist the local government sector to respond to the aging state of local government infrastructure and the impending infrastructure cliff by: 1. Introducing federal funding programs for local government to undertake asset management planning; and 2. Revising the intent of, and associated eligibility criteria within, funding guidelines for untied grant programs such as the Local Roads and Community Infrastructure Program, to allow local government to apply funding towards projects which are forecast within local government work plans (asset management plans and long-term financial plans). | Hon Catherine King MP, Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government | No | |||||||||||||||||||||
5 | 4 | Frankston City Council | This National General Assembly calls on the Australian Government to provide overall increased funding to metropolitan and regional councils to manage the current risk of long-term sustainability. The cumulative impact of prolonged rate capping, COVID, construction cost escalations, interest rate rises, cost of living increases and cost shifting from other levels of government places all Victorian councils in an impossible position. | Hon Kristy McBain MP, Minister for Regional Development Local Government and Territories | No | |||||||||||||||||||||
6 | 5 | City of Stonnington Council | This National General Assembly calls on the Australian Government to provide greater access to funding of local government to enable the building and/or renewal of necessary infrastructure for local communities. | Hon Catherine King MP, Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government | No | |||||||||||||||||||||
7 | 6 | Darebin City Council and Kingston City Council VIC | This National General Assembly calls on the Australian Government to establish a community infrastructure program to: 1. Provide funding to local governments in delivering major capital works in the face of significant inflationary pressures and reduced delivery capacity in the market; 2. Drive shared use arrangements of regional (serving multiple municipalities) community, sporting, arts, and cultural facilities across local, state, and federal assets. | Hon Catherine King MP, Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government | No | |||||||||||||||||||||
8 | 7 | Brisbane City Council | This National General Assembly calls on the Australian Government to extend the Local Roads and Community Infrastructure (LRCI) Program, or similar program, beyond 30 June 2025. | Hon Catherine King MP, Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government | No | |||||||||||||||||||||
9 | 8 | Tenterfield Shire Council | This National General Assembly calls on the Australian Government to provide grants for local government for asset renewal/infrastructure replacement rather than only new infrastructure/assets. | Hon Catherine King MP, Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government | No | |||||||||||||||||||||
10 | 9 | East Gippsland Shire Council | This National General Assembly calls on the Australian Government to support the urgent need to upgrade critical infrastructure to respond to the impacts of climate change through investment in detailed modelling, setting of new design standards and infrastructure upgrades. | Hon Catherine King MP, Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government | No | |||||||||||||||||||||
11 | 10 | Mornington Peninsula Shire | The National General Assembly calls on the Australian Government to invest equitable and recurrent funding for the better delivery of resilience building projects and programs. This would allow councils to more effectively equip local communities affected by the increasing number and severity of natural disasters and to upgrade local infrastructure during reconstruction, so that it can better withstand natural disasters and climate change. | Hon Catherine King MP, Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government | No | |||||||||||||||||||||
12 | 11 | Huon Valley Council | This National General Assembly calls on the Australian Government to provide financial support for council projects that pre-emptively safeguard against threat to life and property due to increasing severity and regularity of bushfires, flooding, drought, wind events and coastal erosion. | Senator the Hon Murray Watt, Minister for Emergency Management | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||
13 | 12 | Blue Mountains City Council | This National General Assembly calls on the Australian Government to improve community resilience to natural disasters by significantly increasing investment into the following: 1. Planning of public infrastructure that is resilient to and mitigates the impact of future natural disasters; 2. Public infrastructure projects that mitigate the impacts of natural disasters and are more available during and after an emergency; and 3. Broaden the scope and the amount of recovery funding to enable public infrastructure directly affected by disasters to be 'Built Back Better' to withstand future events. | Senator the Hon Murray Watt, Minister for Emergency Management | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||
14 | 13 | Mitchell Shire Council | This National General Assembly calls on the Australian Government to provide funding which will actively support a range of new programs, investments, reviews, or other initiatives which aim at increasing a community's resilience to future natural disasters. In part this would also include any requests to review relevant planning or building controls or standards in order to future proof how properties can be built to better alleviate any impacts of a disaster on the structure and its fixtures and fittings. The increased funding should be widely available in order to ensure a diversity of initiatives and outcomes. | Senator the Hon Murray Watt, Minister for Emergency Management | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||
15 | 14 | Shoalhaven City Council | This National General Assembly calls on the Australian Government to include betterment funding in the natural disaster funding arrangements to allow councils to repair or build-back an asset that can better withstand future natural disasters. Alternatively, that the betterment fund become a permanent arrangement to allow councils to take proactive measures regarding resilience. | Senator the Hon Murray Watt, Minister for Emergency Management | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||
16 | 15 | Berri Barmera Council | This National General Assembly calls on the Australian Government to increase the Disaster Ready Fund or establish a country wide Flood Preparedness Fund to support critical infrastructure being upgraded for disaster prevention and preparedness phases before flood strikes. | Senator the Hon Murray Watt, Minister for Emergency Management | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||
17 | 16 | Wagga Wagga City Council | This National General Assembly calls on the Australian Government to provide funding of immediate and ongoing maintenance of flood prevention infrastructure. | Senator the Hon Murray Watt, Minister for Emergency Management | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||
18 | 17 | Greater Bendigo City Council | This National General Assembly calls on the Australian Government to provide greater investment in telecommunications and digital connectivity in regional and rural communities to support increasing populations and industries, growth in jobs and investment and remove the technological divide. | Hon Michelle Rowland, Minister for Communications | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||
19 | 18 | East Arnhem Regional Council | This National General Assembly calls on the Australian Government for tangible action from its response to the 2021 Regional Telecommunications Review and to implement its recommendations, to ensure that the digital divide between Australians living in regional, rural, and remote areas and those living in metropolitan communities is reduced. | Hon Michelle Rowland, Minister for Communications | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||
20 | 19 | Gunnedah Shire Council | This National General Assembly calls on the Australian Government to conduct an audit of regional Australia to determine which areas have mobile black spots and which areas do not provide adequate data, so the problem can be identified and fixed. | Hon Michelle Rowland, Minister for Communications | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||
21 | 20 | Bayside Council | This National General Assembly calls on the Australian Government to provide targeted funding to enable local government areas with low levels of public transport infrastructure to install additional bus shelters and bus infrastructure, thus increasing public transport accessibility and better enabling Australia to meet its carbon emission reduction goals. | Hon Catherine King MP, Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government | No | |||||||||||||||||||||
22 | 21 | Gunnedah Shire Council | This National General Assembly calls on the Australian Government to increase funding for regional airports. | Hon Catherine King MP, Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government | No | |||||||||||||||||||||
23 | 22 | Brimbank City Council | This National General Assembly calls on the Australian Government to establish a policy framework under its Aviation White Paper that outlines a compensation scheme for airport-impacted communities. This should be provided either by means of a noise amelioration program or to owners of dwellings and buildings accommodating sensitive land uses (i.e., schools, places of worship, childcare centres, and hospitals) adversely affected by aircraft noise. Such a compensation scheme aligns with the legislated requirement under the Aircraft Noise Levy Act 1995 which aims to recover the costs incurred in providing noise amelioration programs to airport-impacted communities. | Hon Catherine King MP, Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government | No | |||||||||||||||||||||
24 | 23 | Blacktown City Council | This National General Assembly calls on the Australian Government to provide increased support to councils to address cybersecurity deficiencies as part of our national response to this critical issue. | Hon Clare O’Neil MP, Minister for Cyber Security | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||
25 | 24 | Mid-Coast Council | This National General Assembly calls on the Australian Government to make representations to the Australian Taxation Office to increase the current maximum tax deduction of $1000 to $3,000 for the cost of an election campaign for a successful local council candidate. | Treasurer, the Hon Dr Jim Chalmers MP | No | |||||||||||||||||||||
26 | 25 | Leeton Shire Council | This National General Assembly calls on the Australian Government to hold a referendum to amend the Constitution to recognise local government as an important, legitimate, and essential element in Australia's system of government. | Hon Kristy McBain MP, Minister for Regional Development Local Government and Territories | No | |||||||||||||||||||||
27 | 26 | City of Darwin Council | This National General Assembly calls on the Australian Government to increase the Roads to Recovery funding from $500 million to $1 billion and extend the program beyond 30 June 2024. | Hon Catherine King MP, Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government | No | |||||||||||||||||||||
28 | 27 | City of Wanneroo | This National General Assembly calls on the Australian Government to; 1. Allow Infrastructure Australia to consider business cases submitted by groupings of local governments for the coordinated delivery of priority sporting facilities infrastructure; and 2. Provide an appropriate level of funding to support local governments in the delivery of identified priority sporting facilities. | Hon Catherine King MP, Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government | No | |||||||||||||||||||||
29 | 28 | Whitsunday Regional Council | This National General Assembly calls on the Australian Government to establish minimum road (quality) standards for the national highway (HWY 1) to improve road safety and to ensure accessibility is maintained throughout the nation especially during major weather events. | Hon Catherine King MP, Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government | No | |||||||||||||||||||||
30 | 29 | Gunnedah Shire Council | This National General Assembly calls on the Australian Government to delay any cut or suspension of the current fuel excise tax arrangements until such time as a genuine reform package can be legislated to replace the tax with a mechanism which distributes this vital road maintenance funding across all road users regardless of fuel type. | Hon Catherine King MP, Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government | No | |||||||||||||||||||||
31 | 32 | Manningham City Council | This National General Assembly calls on the Australian Government to: 1. Develop an electric charging network program whereby critical infrastructure can be installed nationally and efficiently through a single standardised rollout; 2. Provide grant funding and a group of preferred providers to construct and maintain EV charging stations for local governments to draw from as they install chargers as part of this network; 3. Note that local governments are best placed to understand their communities and regions in identifying these locations. Many have already begun installing this infrastructure as the owners of many public car parking locations. However, this can place a significant cost burden on local governments and results in a mishmash of different providers, technologies, payment platforms, and availability of charging stations; and 4. Note the anticipated critical labour needs and ensure there are skills and supplies for timely maintenance and repair of EVC through the appropriate supply chain and training opportunities. | Hon Catherine King MP, Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government | No | |||||||||||||||||||||
32 | 33 | North Sydney Council | This National General Assembly calls on the Australian Government to issue national standards for electric vehicles to be required to be fitted with some form of audible signal to alert pedestrians to the presence of the vehicle. | Hon Catherine King MP, Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government | No | |||||||||||||||||||||
33 | 34 | Mitchell Shire Council | This National General Assembly calls on the Australian Government to develop, prioritise and appropriately fund major infrastructure for communities in Australia's rapidly growing urban fringe including road, transport, and social infrastructure. | Hon Catherine King MP, Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government | No | |||||||||||||||||||||
34 | 35 | Shoalhaven City Council | This National General Assembly calls on the Australian Government to support infrastructure such as high-speed rail to support regional growth. | Hon Catherine King MP, Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government | No | |||||||||||||||||||||
35 | 36 | Bayside Council | This National General Assembly calls on the Australian Government to invest in more infrastructure for active transport in the 2024 federal budget by providing targeted funding to local governments. | Hon Catherine King MP, Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government | No | |||||||||||||||||||||
36 | 37 | City of Launceston Council | This National General Assembly calls on the Australian Government to provide local government with access to a funding pool which is exclusively dedicated to the construction and/or maintenance of off-road bike and pedestrian pathways. | Hon Kristy McBain MP, Minister for Regional Development Local Government and Territories | No | |||||||||||||||||||||
37 | 38 | Brisbane City Council | The National General Assembly calls on the Australian Government to review how importation regulations are being enforced in regard to non-compliant personal mobility devices (PMDs) being imported and used in Australia. | Senator the Hon Don Farrell, Minister for Trade and Tourism | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||
38 | 39 | District Council of Lower Eyre Peninsula | This National General Assembly calls on the Australian Government to: 1. Amend the Aviation Transport Security Amendment (Security Controlled Airports) Regulations 2019 to ensure any port that triggers screening should require all departing passengers be screened, regardless of the service they are using; and 2. Implement ongoing grant funding to regional airports impacted by security screening legislation or revise the national screening funding model in recognition of the inequitable cost imposition on regional airports relating to the operational cost of providing security screening meeting the new federal regulations. | Hon Catherine King MP, Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government | No | |||||||||||||||||||||
39 | 40 | Wagga Wagga City Council | This National General Assembly calls on the Australian Government to: 1. Work with the few local councils who still operate airports that are owned by the Australian Government to develop airport masterplans in collaboration with each other, stakeholders, and the local community; 2. Fund all necessary infrastructure agreed to in the masterplans as they are the owners of these assets; and 3. Recognise the essential role airports owned by the Australian Government and operated by local governments provide and offer lease arrangements that reflect this essential role. | Hon Catherine King MP, Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government | No | |||||||||||||||||||||
40 | 41 | Broken Hill City Council | This National General Assembly calls on the Australian Government to provide funding to financially support local councils in the restoration and remediation of local cemeteries that have been severely damaged from climatic and environmental conditions. | Hon Kristy McBain MP, Minister for Regional Development, Local Government and Territories. | No | |||||||||||||||||||||
41 | 42 | North Burnett Regional Council | This National General Assembly calls on the Australian Government to provide funding increases towards the construction of new and augmented water infrastructure projects across regional Australia to improve water security and deliver long-term, bulk water sources for regional communities. | Hon Catherine King MP, Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government | No | |||||||||||||||||||||
42 | 43 | Noosa Shire Council | This National General Assembly calls on the Australian Government to formulate a national policy on ocean sewerage outfalls that: 1. Aims at no new ocean and estuarine sewerage outfalls to be built/developed along the Australian coastline; and 2. Dedicated funding is provided to support local regional governments and wastewater providers with existing ocean and estuarine outfalls, to develop new methods/technologies and make every effort to recycle 100% of all treated wastewater generated within their localities and avoid the need to discharge in the ocean. | Hon Catherine King MP, Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government | No | |||||||||||||||||||||
43 | 44 | South Gippsland Shire Council | This National General Assembly calls on the Australian Government to develop minimum consultation requirements for projects that achieve Major Project Status: That the Australian Government, in partnership with state and territory governments, develop a community engagement framework, which includes local government authorities, to be imposed on proponents of projects that achieve 'Major Project' status. | Hon Catherine King MP, Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government | No | |||||||||||||||||||||
44 | 45 | North Burnett Regional Council | This National General Assembly calls on the Australian Government to partner with rural and remote local governments to reimplement the rural and remote area television program to ensure the provision of the necessary infrastructure to rural and remote communities to guarantee the provision of free to air television services to all communities. | Hon Michelle Rowland MP, Minister for Communications. | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||
45 | 46 | Broken Hill City Council | This National General Assembly calls on the Australian Government to introduce television licence conditions that require regional broadcasters to produce regional news programs. | Hon Michelle Rowland MP, Minister for Communications. | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||
46 | 47 | ALGA Board | This National General Assembly calls on the Australian Government to revise the administrative arrangements for tied grants to local government to allow councils the financial autonomy and flexibility to achieve the objectives of the grants. | Hon Kristy McBain MP, Minister for Regional Development Local Government and Territories | No | |||||||||||||||||||||
47 | 51 | Mid-Coast Council | This National General Assembly calls on the Australian Government to make representations and present a case to a selection of Australian banks whereby a loan offset facility be extended to local councils throughout Australia. | Hon Stephen Jones MP, Minister for Financial Services | No | |||||||||||||||||||||
48 | 52 | Wagga Wagga City Council | This National General Assembly calls on the Australian Government to clarify Section 11CAA of the Banking Act 1959 to ensure bank deposits cannot be bailed in and assure councils that all Australian bank deposits are secure. | Hon Stephen Jones MP, Minister for Financial Services | No | |||||||||||||||||||||
49 | 53 | Lake Macquarie City Council | This National General Assembly calls on the Australian Government to facilitate the expansion of salary sacrificing options to council employees by allowing local government to access Fringe Benefits Tax (FBT) exemptions extended to other service organisations. | Treasurer the Hon Jim Chalmers MP | No | |||||||||||||||||||||
50 | 54 | Newcastle City Council | This National General Assembly calls on the Australian Government to: 1. Note that in some jurisdictions, councillors, mayors and Lord Mayors are not automatically entitled to the Superannuation Guarantee Contribution, despite councillors in other jurisdictions being paid the appropriate superannuation entitlements; 2. Note that in some jurisdictions, councillors, mayors and Lord Mayors have the option of "opting-in" to receive the Superannuation Guarantee Contribution but only following the successful endorsement by that council, allowing the politicisation of the issue; 3. Note that superannuation should be a universal mandatory system to support all workers and taxpayers in Australia; and 4. Rationalise the Superannuation system for local government elected representatives and amend Section 12(9A) of the Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Act 1993 to mandate that all councillors across Australia automatically receive the Superannuation Guarantee Contribution. | Treasurer the Hon Jim Chalmers MP | No | |||||||||||||||||||||
51 | 55 | Central Highlands Regional Council | This National General Assembly calls on the Australian Government to introduce protections which apply to contracts between local government and technology providers with respect to software as a service or software escrow services to address the imbalance in bargaining power and risks to service delivery that unfair contract terms currently present. | Hon Mark Dreyfus MP, Attorney-General | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||
52 | 56 | Ku-ring-gai Council | This National General Assembly calls on the Australian Government to work with states and territories to reform planning and local government regulations to set development assessment and other fees in line with cost recovery to reduce cross-subsidisation and ease cost pressures on councils. | Hon Kristy McBain MP, Minister for Regional Development Local Government and Territories | No | |||||||||||||||||||||
53 | 57 | Upper Hunter Shire Council | This National General Assembly calls on the Australian Government to set local government Financial Assistance Grants to a 3% fixed share of national taxation revenue. | Hon Kristy McBain MP, Minister for Regional Development Local Government and Territories | No | |||||||||||||||||||||
54 | 58 | Campaspe Shire Council | This National General Assembly calls on the Australian Government to strategically address local government skills shortages. | Hon Brendan O’Connor MP, Minister for Skills and Training | No | |||||||||||||||||||||
55 | 59 | North Burnett Regional Council | This National General Assembly calls on the Australian Government to develop innovative programs to attract and incentivise professional, skilled, and unskilled local government workers to regional and remote areas. | Hon Brendan O’Connor MP, Minister for Skills and Training | No | |||||||||||||||||||||
56 | 60 | Dubbo Regional Council | This National General Assembly calls on the Australian Government to undertake a scope analysis and develop an action plan for the settlement of skilled and non-skilled migrants in regional areas including appropriately resourcing settlement support initiatives and services in the regions. | Senator the Hon Andrew Giles, Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs | No | |||||||||||||||||||||
57 | 61 | Central Highlands Regional Council | This National General Assembly calls on the Australian Government to support regional and local government employees with parenting responsibilities to participate in the workforce, by: 1. Working with state governments to introduce nationally an additional public pre-school year and outside school hours care within the public education system; 2. Subject to review of the capacity of public childcare centres by the Productivity Commission, providing targeted capital funding to identified at or nearing capacity areas to construct additional early education and childcare centres to meet community need; and 3. Implementing taxation and educational incentives to address skills shortages and high vacancy rates for early childhood, childcare and outside school hours care educators in regional, rural, and remote Australia. | Hon Brendan O’Connor MP, Minister for Skills and Training | No | |||||||||||||||||||||
58 | 62 | Central Highlands Regional Council | This National General Assembly calls on the Australian Government to: 1. Include water treatment plant and wastewater treatment plant operators (ANZSCO Code 712921) on the Short-term Skilled Occupation List, Regional Occupation List and Regional Sponsored Migration Scheme List; Reflect within the Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations (ANZSCO) the requirement for a Certificate III in Water/Wastewater Operations or Water Industry Operations, or equivalent international competency; and 2. Reflect within the Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations (ANZSCO) the requirement for a Certificate III in Water/Wastewater Operations or Water Industry Operations, or equivalent international competency. | Hon Brendan O’Connor MP, Minister for Skills and Training | No | |||||||||||||||||||||
59 | 63 | Latrobe City Council | This National General Assembly calls on the Australian Government to work in collaboration with local government to determine a minimum standard of Seasonal Worker Program (SWP) accommodation and to mandate compliance with state, territory, and local government legislation by: 1. Strengthening the assessment of accommodation approval processes, including third party (LGA) confirmation that the property/building being considered for accommodation is compliant with all the codes administered by the relevant local government Authority including: a. Ensuring the property is connected to a reticulated waste treatment system or alternatively, has an approved, suitably sized, functioning, private waste treatment system suitable for the number of SWP participants being accommodated at the site; b. Requiring provision of a Plumbing Certificate of Compliance authenticated by the local Plumbing Authority; c. Requiring the provision of a Building Certificate of Completion and current Certificate of Occupancy stating the approved maximum number of residents; d. Mandating the provision of LGA confirmation that there are no outstanding building code or environmental health violations; and e. Requiring an approved standard application under the relevant planning authority, confirming an existing habitable building's suitability as visitor accommodation (in states and territories where applicable). 2. Acknowledging and negating the use of individual tenancy agreements to usurp the Australian Government's legal, moral, and ethical responsibilities in relation to the provision of fit for purpose housing for seasonal workers; and 3. Incorporating regular monitoring and reporting on the condition and suitability of SWP accommodation in SWP Plans. | Hon Brendan O’Connor MP, Minister for Skills and Training | No | |||||||||||||||||||||
60 | 64 | Moreton Bay Regional Council | This National General Assembly calls on the Australian Government to establish baseline funding for local governments to support disaster response, relief, and recovery operations across Australia. | Senator Murray Watt, Minister for Emergency Management | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||
61 | 65 | Shire of Mundaring Council | This National General Assembly calls on the Australian Government to urgently provide a sustainable grant funding model that enables local governments to deliver on their shared responsibility for disaster risk reduction, resilience, and recovery. The sustainable grant funding model should be supported by a network of grants officers located in each state local government association to facilitate the development of strategically aligned projects and successful grant applications. | Senator Murray Watt, Minister for Emergency Management | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||
62 | 66 | Mitchell Shire Council | This National General Assembly calls on the Australian Government to establish an investigation into the role and effectiveness of the insurance industry in natural disaster recovery, with a view to improving the future outcomes. | Senator Murray Watt, Minister for Emergency Management | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||
63 | 67 | Balonne Shire Council | This National General Assembly calls on the Australian Government to expedite its current suite of reforms to help reduce insurance costs for homeowners, and in addition: 1. Expand the disaster event re-insurance framework for all small, medium, rural and remote area communities impacted by natural disasters; 2. Provide greater support for mental health services for communities including for emergency services workers as well as climate-specific training for mental health professionals; 3. Increase targeted investment in community resilience building initiatives at the regional level; and 4. Invest in increased and sustained infrastructure betterment funding to local governments. | Senator Murray Watt, Minister for Emergency Management | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||
64 | 68 | Campaspe Shire Council | This National General Assembly calls on the Australian Government to provide a national proactive plan to deliver tailored support & services to vulnerable groups or those who may become vulnerable during natural disasters or emergencies. | Senator Murray Watt, Minister for Emergency Management | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||
65 | 69 | Central Highlands Regional Council | This National General Assembly calls on the Australian Government, via the Bureau of Meteorology to: 1. Assume ownership of the existing Flood and Early Warning Network (network), consistent with Recommendation 1 of the 2022 New South Wales Flood Inquiry; 2. Fund on an ongoing basis renewal and maintenance of the network, taking into account the number of gauges and river sensors within the network and the geographic spread of the network; 3. Enter into contract for service arrangements with interested local governments/statutory bodies to undertake planned and reactive maintenance in relation to the network to ensure an ongoing connection with local disaster response and local hydrological knowledge; 4. Allow local government to co-locate additional early warning infrastructure with existing network infrastructure, where a local disaster management need is identified, on existing network infrastructure; and 5. Adequately resource Bureau of Meteorology technical teams to provide network design, operational support and quality assurance pre-season checks across the flood and early warning network. | Senator Murray Watt, Minister for Emergency Management | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||
66 | 70 | Mitchell Shire Council | This National General Assembly calls on the Australian Government to instigate a national volunteer recruitment campaign to refocus and enhance the surge capacity of Australia's emergency service organisations. | Senator Murray Watt, Minister for Emergency Management | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||
67 | 71 | Cabonne Council | This National General Assembly calls on the Australian Government to fast-track the delivery of its initiatives under its housing reform agenda, including funding to support councils to invest in essential engineering and community infrastructure to support construction. | Hon Julie Collins MP, Minister for Housing | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||
68 | 72 | Newcastle City Council | This National General Assembly calls on the Australian Government to: 1. Increase funding and investment in public, social and affordable housing; 2. Work with all levels of government to undertake a review of all government-owned property to identify suitable sites for redevelopment as affordable housing; 3. Re-view its National Housing Strategy, including to: a. Consider regulating rental and land value increases; b. Consider requirements for affordable housing in all re/development; c. Review the rates for pensions and government support; and d. Ensure that all new public, social and affordable housing at a minimum incorporates the new accessibility standards in the National Construction Code; and e. Review negative gearing and capital gains tax discounts. 4. Create a National Settlement Plan, working in partnership with state, territory and local governments and communities to meet local need, and deliver post-pandemic economic stimulus and; 5. Continue to work with local councils, community groups, and developers to facilitate the construction of affordable social housing close to activity centres and community services. | Hon Julie Collins MP, Minister for Housing | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||
69 | 73 | Tweed Shire Council | This National General Assembly calls on the Australian Government to review the taxation system to incentivise the use of untapped existing accommodation within homes. For example, consideration be given to allowing owner of a principal place of residence to nominate a bedroom for board rental to individuals who qualify for rental assistance and in return that portion of their home remains exempt from Capital Gains Tax and does not affect their pension should they be a pensioner provided they register their bedroom for accommodation with Centrelink at a discount of 20% to market rent. | Hon Julie Collins MP, Minister for Housing | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||
70 | 74 | Shoalhaven City Council | This National General Assembly calls on the Australian Government to fast-track funding to the states, to enable more financial support to be provided within the state planning framework for frontline homelessness services. | Hon Julie Collins MP, Minister for Housing | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||
71 | 75 | Frankston City Council | This National General Assembly calls on the Australian Government to make the following policy reforms to address disadvantage and improve the community wellbeing of our communities: 1. Implementation of the recommendations from the Productivity Commission's recent review of the National Housing and Homelessness Agreement to ensure a fairer and more effective access to affordable housing and housing assistance, particularly for lower income households; 2. Immediate implementation of Recommendation 9.2 to review the Commonwealth Rent Assistance program to better support lower income households in rental stress and at risk of homelessness; 3. Implementation of programs to increase the supply of new and appropriate emergency and crisis accommodation places, focusing on women over the age of 55, young people and models that allow for short-to-medium term stay; and 4. Increasing funding for Emergency Relief services to enable adequate response for lower income households and people experiencing homelessness. | Hon Julie Collins MP, Minister for Housing | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||
72 | 76 | City of Darwin Council | This National General Assembly calls on the Australian Government to allocate additional funding towards affordable housing and emergency crisis accommodation for people at risk and who are vulnerable to changes in social and economic circumstances. | Hon Julie Collins MP, Minister for Housing | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||
73 | 77 | North Sydney Council | This National General Assembly calls on the Australian Government to continue support delivery of diverse and affordable housing across metropolitan, regional and rural communities to address the housing crisis and provide for inter-generational equity. That the Australian Government partner with local government to identify opportunities for delivery of such housing across the nation. | Hon Julie Collins MP, Minister for Housing | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||
74 | 78 | Flinders Shire Council | This National General Assembly calls on the Australian Government to allocate special housing initiatives or programs valued at least $50,000 to encourage housing investments in rural and remote communities. The program should be open to building new homes, purchasing existing homes, or substantially renovating homes they own. The funding should encourage both investors and first-home buyers. | Hon Julie Collins MP, Minister for Housing | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||
75 | 79 | South Burnett Regional Council | This National General Assembly calls on the Australian Government to implement initiatives and taxation reforms that encourage private investment in increasing housing stocks in regional areas. | Hon Julie Collins MP, Minister for Housing | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||
76 | 80 | Tweed Shire Council | This National General Assembly calls on the Australian Government to reduce the impact on housing affordability and housing availability attributable to the commercialisation of housing by way of short-term holiday letting (STHL); 1. Reviews tax laws to ensure that taxation of commercialised tourism housing is transparent and enforceable on the property owner; 2. Reviews tax laws to ensure that taxation on commercial platforms operating as booking agents for property owners is transparent and enforceable, so that the cost of combating the impacts on housing affordability and accessibility arising from STHL, at a state and local government level, is offset by those providing the STHL services; 3. Allocates appropriate resources to tackle the spatial land distribution and permissibility of STHL at a local government level to reduce the incidence and severity of STHL impacts in vulnerable housing areas or markets where housing affordability and accessibility is at a critical level. | Hon Julie Collins MP, Minister for Housing | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||
77 | 81 | Newcastle City Council | This National General Assembly calls on the Australian Government to: 1. Note that sexual, domestic, and family violence is the single largest driver of homelessness for women and children; 2. Note that this crisis is exacerbated by limited (and in many cases, no) temporary accommodation, or 'affordable housing' in Australia, intersects with other welfare needs and complexities, and can be exacerbated by the disparate, prohibitive, and unreasonable requirements and regulations of state and territory governments; 3. Note that local domestic and family violence and homelessness services and refuges are at the frontline of this crisis, and in crisis themselves at capacity, underfunded, and overworked; 4. Ensure that all victim-survivors of domestic and family violence have access to a safe home, no matter their gender, age, background, or income, by: a. Developing a national domestic and family violence framework and domestic and family violence housing assistance programme; b. Working with state and territory governments to deliver consistent, safe, and appropriate transitional and ongoing housing and support services for every person woman, man, and child experiencing and recovering from sexual, domestic, and family violence; c. Immediately funding the public housing dwellings needed to house the tens of thousands of people on wait lists (inclusive of both 'priority' and other); d. Immediately increasing the provision of transitional housing to meet the needs of every client presenting at DVF & homelessness services; e. Working with DVF & Homelessness services to understand the needs for women to immediately access safe and secure temporary accommodation, to improve the legal and/or regulatory framework for women experiencing domestic and family violence in accessing temporary accommodation (TA); and f. Extend the national 'Stop it at the Start' programme by working with services and organisations to identify problem behaviours and working with schools and sporting clubs to increase respectful behaviours in youth to reduce domestic violence; to drive a long-term, whole-of-government and community approach to reduce domestic and family violence and to provide necessary housing and support. | Hon Julie Collins MP, Minister for Housing, and the Hon Justine Elliot MP, Assistant Minister for the Prevention of Family Violence | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||
78 | 82 | Central Highlands Regional Council and Rockhampton Regional Council QLD | This National General Assembly calls on the Australian Government to support the local government sector to transition to net zero emissions through the provision of targeted operational and capital grants programs that enable local government to; 1. Undertake corporate baseline emissions inventory and mapping; and 2. Invest in operational and capital projects which address identified emissions reduction priorities. | Hon Chris Bowen MP, Minister for Climate Change and Energy | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||
79 | 83 | Gladstone Regional Council | This National General Assembly calls on the Australian Government to establish a regional transition authority to: 1. Coordinate across all levels of government, industry and community, the transition of the energy sector and resource dependent regions, to renewable energy; 2. Undertake planning that informs effective policies to improve coordination, clarity and mitigate disruptions; and 3. Support regions to strengthen existing long-term industries and seize a range of economic opportunities. | Hon Chris Bowen MP, Minister for Climate Change and Energy | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||
80 | 84 | Balonne Shire Council | This National General Assembly calls on the Australian Government to establish a dedicated funding program and other resources to support councils transition to net zero emissions by 2050. | Hon Chris Bowen MP, Minister for Climate Change and Energy | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||
81 | 85 | Nillumbik Shire Council | This National General Assembly calls on the Australian Government to: 1. Ensure the national energy electricity grid can support our ambitious net zero targets which require rapid transition to all-electric homes, transport and industry based on renewable energy; and 2. Legislate ambitious climate targets that align with meeting international Paris Agreement Protocols to keep warming below 2ºC global temperature rise. That is, setting net zero emissions for Australia by 2035 in collaboration with local government emissions targets. | Hon Chris Bowen MP, Minister for Climate Change and Energy | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||
82 | 86 | North Sydney Council | This National General Assembly calls on the Australian Government to partner with local government via grants and education campaigns to actively assist communities to electrification in order to meet Net Zero targets. | Hon Chris Bowen MP, Minister for Climate Change and Energy | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||
83 | 87 | City of Onkaparinga Council | This National General Assembly calls on the Australian Government to make a strong national commitment to coastal adaptation planning, funding, hazard data collection and analysis, and coordinated action to mitigate the increasing risks of predicted sea level rises and more regular and intense storm surges. | Hon Chris Bowen MP, Minister for Climate Change and Energy and Senator the Hon Murray Watt, Minister for Emergency Management | Yes | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||
84 | 88 | Cabonne Council | This National General Assembly calls on the Australian Government to urgently implement the objectives of the National Climate Resilience and Adaptation Strategy. | Hon Chris Bowen MP, Minister for Climate Change and Energy | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||
85 | 89 | Moyne Shire Council | This National General Assembly calls on the Australian Government to establish national wind farm development guidelines including provisions that infrastructure to support renewable energy transmission be developed using existing easements, be located where practicable underground and require co-location of connecting lines to reduce the impact on agriculture, the visual landscape, recognise risks of bushfire and protect amenity. | Hon Chris Bowen MP, Minister for Climate Change and Energy | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||
86 | 90 | Town of Gawler Council | This National General Assembly calls on the Australian Government to support councils through the Clean Energy Regulator (CER) in the development of local government specific guidance for 100 kW to 5MW solar power and battery storage systems to produce and consume larger amounts of renewable electricity, store renewable electricity, and share and trade surplus renewable electricity via the grid to serve the needs of councils and their communities. | Hon Chris Bowen MP, Minister for Climate Change and Energy | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||
87 | 91 | Balonne Shire Council | This National General Assembly calls on the Australian Government to introduce legislation and supporting policy which requires proponents of renewable energy projects to make a local benefit contribution to the communities in which these projects are located through the following measures: 1. Mandatory notification process to local government for all renewable energy projects occurring within their area; 2. Robust community engagement frameworks which are inclusive of councils, community organisations and local leaders; 3. A community contribution fee, based on capacity, for all renewable energy projects to support better community outcomes; and 4. Access to Renewable Project Decommission Bonds in order to protect prime agricultural land and support better decommissioning of projects at an acceptable standard for the community. | Hon Chris Bowen MP, Minister for Climate Change and Energy | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||
88 | 92 | North Sydney Council | This National General Assembly calls on the Australian Government to provide grant assistance to councils to target increasing urban forest and tree canopy cover to address urban heat island effect, provide habitat and address net zero emissions targets. | Hon Chris Bowen MP, Minister for Climate Change and Energy | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||
89 | 94 | Leeton Shire Council | This National General Assembly calls on the Australian Government to partner with state and territory governments to provide greater assistance with energy expenditure in rural, regional, and remote Australia, including regulating the energy market and improving the financial criteria of grants to make them more achievable for local government to deliver projects. | Hon Chris Bowen MP, Minister for Climate Change and Energy | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||
90 | 95 | Brimbank City Council | This National General Assembly acknowledges the Australian Government’s support of constitutional recognition for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders through a Voice to Parliament and recognises what the Uluru Statement and the Voice to Parliament will mean for Australia's First Nations peoples and the broader Australian community. | Hon Linda Burney MP, Minister for Indigenous Australians | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||
91 | 96 | Leeton Shire Council | This National General Assembly calls on the Australian Government to urgently address the health services crisis in rural Australia and to strengthen/support rural health delivery by: 1. Fast-tracking work visas for doctors, nurses, and allied health workers; 2. Eliminating unnecessary obstacles to doctor eligibility to work in Australia; and 3. Proactively concierging expressions of interest from international doctors who want to work in rural Australia. | Hon Mark Butler MP, Minister for Health and Aged Care and the Hon Emma McBride MP, Assistant Minister for Rural and Regional Health | No | |||||||||||||||||||||
92 | 97 | South Burnett Regional Council | This National General Assembly calls on the Australian Government to conduct an enquiry into the primary health care crisis and specifically the decline in the number of general practitioners. | Hon Mark Butler MP, Minister for Health. | No | |||||||||||||||||||||
93 | 98 | City of Bayswater Council | This National General Assembly calls on the Australian Government to support the ongoing financial sustainability of local governments by appropriately funding their delivery of infant immunisations to the community. | Hon Mark Butler MP, Minister for Health. | No | |||||||||||||||||||||
94 | 99 | Cardinia Shire Council | This National General Assembly calls on the Australian Government to conduct a review into the funding mechanism that addresses financial vulnerability and wellbeing nationally and establish a dedicated fund that councils can access to address the financial vulnerability and wellbeing within communities. | Hon Amanda Rishworth MP, Minister for Social Services | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||
95 | 100 | Shoalhaven City Council | This National General Assembly calls on the Australian Government to work with state governments on a new approach to addressing the inadequate in provision and access to mental health and wellbeing services between those living in regional/rural Australia versus those living in metropolitan areas, particularly for young people. | Mark Butler MP, Minister for Health and Aged Care, and the Hon Emma McBride MP, Assistant Minister for Rural and Regional Health | No | |||||||||||||||||||||
96 | 101 | Derwent Valley Council | This National General Assembly calls on the Australian Government to ensure adequate and accessible funding and a nationwide delivery plan for mental health services to persons living in regional and remote areas of Australia. | Mark Butler MP, Minister for Health and Aged Care, and the Hon Emma McBride MP, Assistant Minister for Rural and Regional Health | No | |||||||||||||||||||||
97 | 102 | Nillumbik Shire Council | This National General Assembly calls on the Australian Government to provide funding for the delivery of flexible and dynamic youth outreach and support services for young people aged 12-25 years. | Hon Anne Aly MP, Minister for Youth | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||
98 | 103 | City of Onkaparinga Council | This National General Assembly calls on the Australian Government to address legacy issues in aged care/in-home support services offered through Commonwealth Home Support Programme that cause confusion for users and providers of the service, and that fail to deliver practical supports in the home to older people when they need it. | Hon Mark Butler, Minister for Health and Aged Care | No | |||||||||||||||||||||
99 | 104 | Cumberland Council | This National General Assembly calls on the Australian Government to: 1. Build an affordable, accessible, high quality, universal early education system; and 2. Undertake a broad consultation process with local government organisations in relation to this. | Hon Anne Aly MP, Minister for Early Childhood Education | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||
100 | 105 | Berrigan Shire Council | This National General Assembly calls on the Australian Government and state governments to fund and support the delivery of such educational models as Country Universities Centres throughout regional and rural areas. | Hon Jason Clare MP, Minister for Education | Yes |