The community expects their elected councillors to maintain high
standards of conduct, as well as observe their obligations to
support the effective decision-making processes of the council.
The Local Government Standards Panel (Panel) is
the primary standards panel established under the Local
Government Act 1995 (LG Act).
The Panel deals with complaints of alleged minor breaches, which
are alleged breaches by a councillor of any rule of conduct in the
Local Government (Rules of Conduct) Regulations 2007 or of
a local government's local law relating to conduct of
councillors at council or committee meetings.
If the Panel finds that a breach has occurred, then it may
dismiss the complaint or order that the councillor:
