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2017 Why Council? Stand up for Your Community 2017 Why Council? Stand Up for Your Community Contact Information For further information about the content of this guide or local government, please contact your local council or any one of the organisations below: Local Government Association of the Northern Territory (LGANT) 21 Parap Road (PO Box 2017) Parap NT 0820 Telephone: 08 8944 9688 Email: [email protected] Website: www.lgant.asn.au NT Department of Housing and Community Development RCG House 83-85 Smith Street Darwin NT 0800 GPO Box 4450 Darwin NT 0801 Telephone: (08) 8924 3644 Website: www.dhcd.nt.gov.au Northern Territory Electoral Commission Level 3, TCG Centre 80 Mitchell Street (GPO Box 2419) Darwin NT 0800 Telephone: 08 8999 5000 Fax: 08 8999 7630 Email: [email protected] Website: www.ntec.nt.gov.au Produced by Local Government Association of the Northern Territory © 2017 Table of contents 1. What is this guide about? .................................................................................................. 5 2. Where can I find out more about local government ........................................................... 5 3. Why is democratic government important? ....................................................................... 6 4. What is Government in Australia about? ........................................................................... 6 5. What are the characteristics of local government in the Northern Territory?...................... 7 6. What are the main laws that relate to local government? .................................................. 8 7. What functions do councils perform? ................................................................................ 9 8. Who makes up the Council? ............................................................................................11 9. Do councils have wards? .................................................................................................11 10. Why be a council member? ..............................................................................................11 11. For how long are members elected? ................................................................................12 12. What are the roles of members? ......................................................................................12 13. What is the nature of the relationship between elected members and staff? ....................14 14. What are some of the duties of members? .......................................................................15 15. Why are Council meetings so important? .........................................................................15 16. How are council decisions made? ....................................................................................16 17. How often are council meetings held and are there rules for them? .................................17 18. What are committees, local authorities or local boards? ...................................................17 19. How much time do members have to devote to meetings and civic duties? .....................18 20. How should members maintain contact with residents of council areas? .........................19 21. Do members get paid? .....................................................................................................20 22. What may members have to declare at or before the first meeting following the election? ..........................................................................................................................20 23. How should members and staff behave? .........................................................................20 24. Why should councils be about ‘good governance’? ..........................................................22 25. Do members have to declare interests? ...........................................................................22 26. Can individual members be sued? ...................................................................................23 27. Can members be personally liable? .................................................................................23 28. Can a member lose office? ..............................................................................................23 29. Who can become a council member? ..............................................................................24 30. Who cannot nominate? ....................................................................................................24 31. What should you consider before nominating for council? ................................................25 32. How do you become a council member? .........................................................................26 33. How are council elections managed? ...............................................................................26 34. What is the system of vote counting? ...............................................................................26 35. What are by-elections? ....................................................................................................27 36. How do you nominate and campaign at elections? ..........................................................27 37. What election and voting information should you study? ..................................................28 38. How should you run a campaign? ....................................................................................28 39. What about preferences? .................................................................................................29 40. Why is ‘door knocking’ important? ....................................................................................29 41. How do you go about door knocking? ..............................................................................29 42. What are the rules for election material? ..........................................................................30 43. Can the media help? ........................................................................................................31 44. How do public meetings help? .........................................................................................31 45. What about advertising and ‘how to vote’ cards? .............................................................31 46. What about election signs? ..............................................................................................32 47. What is not allowed? ........................................................................................................32 48. How many Elected Members? .........................................................................................33 Bibliography ..............................................................................................................................34 Appendix A - Local Government Resources ..............................................................................35 Appendix B - Declaration on the role of Australian local government ........................................36 Appendix C - Map of local government areas in the NT ............................................................39 Appendix D- Role and function of the CEO (Section 101 of the Act) .........................................40 Appendix E - The Local Government Association of the Northern Territory ..............................41 Why Council? Stand up for Your Community 1. What is this guide about? This guide has been prepared: Community to assist people who wish to nominate for participation in local government elections or by-elections in decision- the Northern Territory making at a to encourage participation in local local level is government elections important to highlight some of the important issues relevant to nomination to describe the election process for the council to give hints on campaigning to promote better understanding of local government in the Northern Territory. The guide has been prepared by the Local Government Association of the Northern Territory (LGANT) with assistance from the Department of Housing and Community Development, the Northern Territory Electoral Commission and the Local Government Association of South Australia. This guide is based on the publication of the same title produced by the Local Government Association of South Australia. Material in this guide has been drawn from the above publication for which LGANT gives acknowledgement. 2. Where can I find out more about local government There is an abundance of resources available on the internet regarding local government, elected members and good governance. LGANT is one of seven state/territory local government associations representing local councils. These associations are all members of the Australian Local Government Association, based in Canberra, which advocates for local government nationally. Appendix A provides web addresses for these organisations which includes links to their respective member councils. 5 Why Council? Stand up for Your Community 3. Why is democratic government important? A democracy or democratic government is one that has elections in which: adults vote in a fair and transparent manner, according to the law there is a choice of candidates to elect The role of the results of elections are decided by majority vote of the Australian electors. local government Australia certainly is one of the ‘lucky’ countries. Citizens closely follows have the opportunity to actively participate and have that influence on all spheres of government. Democratic established governments
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