Local Government Participation and Elections Review - Consultation Process

The Office of Local Government, on behalf of the Minister for Local Government, the Hon Geoff Brock MP, is now conducting a state-wide consultation to give the community an opportunity to provide feedback on ideas and suggestions on how communities can better engage with their councils through a council term and, particularly, at election time.

This review and consultation will focus on these key topics:

• ways to better engage and participate with councils;
• ways to encourage a greater number of more diverse candidates for election to councils;
• ways to increase voter turnout; and
• ways to ensure that council elections are run efficiently, with the highest level of integrity.

Consultation is open until 5pm on Friday, 29 March 2024, and feedback can be provided via:

YourSAy Survey

To complete the online survey, please follow this link: https://yoursay.sa.gov.au/council-participation-elections

Hard copies of the survey can be requested via DIT.LocalGovernmentReform@sa.gov.au

YourSAy community forum (‘Guestbook’) provides an opportunity to share ideas on the topic and ask questions.

To register and access the forum, please follow this link: https://yoursay.sa.gov.au/council-participation-elections

Enquiry hotline

To provide feedback via phone, please call (08) 7133 3277.

Enquiry email address