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Petitions
This page provides information on submitting petitions to Council.
3.6 of the Shire's Standing Orders states:
- A petition, in order to be effective, is to –
- be addressed to the President;
- be made by electors of the district;
- state the request on each page of the petition;
- contain the names, addresses and signatures of the electors making the request, and the date each elector signed;
- contain a summary of the reasons for the request;
- state the name of the person upon whom, and an address at which, notice to the petitioners can be given;
- be in the form prescribed by the Act and Local Government (Constitution) Regulations 1996 if it is –
i. a proposal to change the method of filling the office of President;
ii. a proposal to create a new district or the boundaries of the Local Government;
iii. a request for a poll on a recommended amalgamation;
iv. a submission about changes to wards, the name of a district or ward or the number of councillors for a district or ward.
- A member may at the end of the business of petitions –
- move that a matter be referred to a future Council or committee meeting for reporting; or
- where the matter is the subject of a report in the meeting agenda, move that a change be made to the order of business of the meeting to allow the matter to be debated immediately.
The person presiding will put the question without debate.
An “elector” is one of the following –
- a resident owner or occupier enrolled to vote at State elections;
- an owner of rateable property (e.g. an absentee land owner or an owner of business premises, vacant land or other non-residential property);
- an occupier of rateable property (e.g. tenant of business premises or other non-residential property).
Additional Information Relating to Petitions
Advice from the Information Commissioner
The names and signatures of those who signed a petition will be regarded as personal information. While the minutes of council meetings are publicly available, only the subject and summary information of any petition tabled will be recorded in a report. Therefore, that part of a petition containing private information may not be provided upon a simple request and would be subject to FOI assessment. For further information refer to FOI Report D03697.
Petition Template
A Petition template is available for download
For more information contact:
Lisa Garstone, Council Minutes and Agenda Officer
- Hours
- Mon - Fri: 8.30am to 05:00pm
- Telephone
- 08 9780 5253
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- 08 9757 2515