Return Register

The Local Government Act 1995 5.76. Annual Returns states: 

1. Each year, a relevant person other than the CEO must lodge with the CEO an annual return in the prescribed form by 31 August of that year.
2. Each year, a CEO must lodge with the mayor or president an annual return in the prescribed form by 31 August of that year.
   Penalty applicable to subsections (1) and (2): $10 000 or imprisonment for 2 years.

Further, the Local Government (Administration) Regulations 1996 regulation 29C requires a local government to include on its website:

• The name of each council member who lodged a primary return or annual return for a financial year beginning on or after 1 July 2020; and
• The position of each employee who lodged a primary or annual return for a financial year beginning on or after 1 July 2020.

Registers of primary and annual returns of council members and employees are listed below by date lodged.

Annual Returns Register 2021-2022

Annual Returns Register 2022-2023

Annual Returns Register 2023-2024