Council must adopt a Code of Meeting Practice within 12 months of a local government general election. This provides a uniform set of meeting rules for councils to ensure more accessible, orderly, effective, and efficient meetings.
The revised Code of Meeting Practice is available for download from the document library.
Proposed changes
We have listed all the proposed changes in the table below.
Clause | Current Code of Meeting Practice | Proposed Change |
| 3.18 | N/A | The GM must ensure that if any business paper exceeds 1,500 pages (including all annexures, enclosures, reports, attachments and confidential items – unless previously presented), be published 24 hours earlier than clause 3.17 states. |
| 3.19 | N/A | Any further 1,500 pages ie 3,000, to the business paper will require another 24 hours’ notice, ie 48 hours, and so on. |
4.4 | Applications to speak at the public forum must be received by the Clerk of the Chamber… | Applications to speak at the public forum must be received by the General Manager or their delegate … |
| 4.5 | A person may apply to speak on more than one item of business on the agenda of the council meeting but must do so within the allocated time limit set by this code. | A person may apply to speak on more than one item of business on the agenda of the council meeting. |
7.1 | If the chairperson is the Mayor, they are to be addressed as Mr Mayor or Madam Mayor. | If the chairperson is the Mayor, they are to be addressed as Mayor. |
7.2 | N/A | If the chairperson is the Deputy Mayor, they are to be addressed as Deputy Mayor. |
8.2 (03) | Apologies and applications for a leave of absence or attendance by audio visual link by councillors | Apologies and applications for leave of absence |
8.2 (08) | Notices of Rescission Motions | Re-order to 8.2(11) |
8.2 (09) | Reports to council | Reports to Council Items for Determination |
8.2 (14) | N/A | Delegates Reports |
10.23 | Despite clause 10.22 … and for longer than five (5) minutes … | Despite clause 10.22 … and for longer than three (3) minutes … |
| 10.25(c) | Removed | |
New 18.2 | N/A. | The Council may break for 10 minutes at 7.30pm |
18.3 to 18.6 | Renumbered to insert above 18.2 | |
How to have your say
- Online by completing the survey below
- Email to council@qprc.nsw.gov.au referencing "2024 Code of Meeting Practice review" in the subject line
- Mail to PO Box 90, Queanbeyan NSW 2620
Submissions close Monday 3 February 2025.
