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Local Government Amendment (Targeted Reform) Bill 2025 - Consultation

The Tasmanian Government invites your feedback on the Local Government Amendment (Targeted Reform) Bill 2025 – Exposure Draft, which is now available for public consultation.

This Exposure Draft is a key milestone in the Local Government Priority Reform Program 2024-26, aimed at enhancing the efficiency, transparency, and responsiveness of Tasmanian councils to better serve their communities.

About the Exposure Draft

Proposed reforms being introduced via the Bill include:

  • New serious councillor misconduct provisions;
  • More flexible and effective early intervention tools to address emerging governance challenges in councils;
  • Legislating core councillor learning and development requirements;
  • Supporting more consistent data and transparency (including around council rates);
  • Establishing the architecture for improving - over time - council strategic direction-setting and planning, underpinned by a stronger focus on community engagement and wellbeing;
  • Enhancing the efficiency and transparency of the Code of Conduct complaints handling framework.
  • Supporting provisions for remote attendance at closed council meetings, aligning with anticipated updates to the Meeting Regulations.

Consultation Process

This is the second phase of consultation for these reforms, following the release of the Discussion Paper – Targeted Amendments to the Local Government Act 1993 in December 2024. Feedback on the Discussion Paper, which closed in March 2025, has been carefully considered and incorporated into the Exposure Draft where possible.

A Consultation Report has been provided to show how the Discussion Paper feedback has been incorporated into the Exposure Draft. The Consultation Report can be viewed here:

Have Your Say

Consultation is now open until midnight on Monday 17 November 2025. We welcome your input to shape the future of local government in Tasmania.

Emailed responses are preferred and can be submitted to lgconsultation@dpac.tas.gov.au

Confidentiality

In the absence of clear information that a submission is to be treated as confidential, submissions will be treated as public information and published on the Department of Premier and Cabinet’s website. If you would like your submission to be treated as confidential, you must indicate in writing, at the time of providing your submission, the parts of your submission you wish to remain confidential and provide the reasons for this.

Please consult the Tasmanian Government’s Public Submission Policy for further information.

Submissions will be published after consideration by Government.

No personal information other than an individual’s name or the organisation making a submission will be published.