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  • Council innovation and performance
    • Performance reporting

      Performance reporting is a key part of our strengthening councils program. Read about the measures and checklists that make up the framework.
    • Sector guidance: planning and reporting

      Local Government Victoria provides a range of planning and reporting guides and templates to assist councils with planning, budgeting and reporting.
    • Procurement

      Councils play a vital role in procuring the goods, services and works needed to deliver key council services and infrastructure to the community.
    • Local laws
    • Financial and asset management

      DJPR provides Victorian councils with guidance resources for council infrastructure, land and asset management.
    • Council community satisfaction survey

      Local Government Victoria’s annual community satisfaction survey compiles community feedback on councils in five key performance areas. Read the latest survey results and find previous surveys.
    • Council rates and charges

      Rates are a form of property tax levied by councils to fund local infrastructure and services. The value of each property is used as the basis for calculating what each property owner will pay.
      • Calculating Rates
    • Treasury Corporation of Victoria loans

      The Victorian Government has approved the Treasury Corporation of Victoria to become a direct lender to councils.
    • Statement of Secure Employment
  • What we do
    • Local Government Victoria

      Local Government Victoria supports and regulates councils to ensure that Victorians enjoy a responsive, accountable and efficient system of local government
  • Funding programs
    • Aboriginal Community Infrastructure Program
    • Free from Violence Local Government Program
    • Living Libraries Infrastructure Program

      The Living Libraries Infrastructure Program helps provide high-quality public library infrastructure that meets communities’ changing needs.
    • Roadside Weeds and Pests Program

      The Roadside Weeds and Pests Program (RWPP) provides funding support to eligible councils to plan and implement control activities for weeds and pests on municipal rural roadsides.
      • Control Plan Assistance
    • Rural Councils Transformation Program

      Acting on the barriers and challenges to long-term financial and operational sustainability for rural and regional councils.
    • Victorian Local Government Grants Commission

      The Victorian Local Government Grants Commission (VLGGC) recommends financial assistance grants from the Federal Government to local councils in Victoria. The Commission does not provide grants for businesses, individuals or community groups.
    • Public Libraries Funding Program
    • Premiers' Reading Challenge Book Fund
  • Council governance and integrity
    • Independent reports

      Under the Local Government Act 2020, the Minister for Local Government may appoint independent bodies to provide advice to councils and report back on council structures, operations and governance.
    • Local Government Legislation Amendment (Stronger Communities) Act 2026
    • Local Government Amendment (Governance and Integrity) Act 2024
    • Local Government Culture Project
    • Governance resources

      Governance resources of the Local Government Act 2020 and related Acts, policies and legislation.
    • Local Government Act 2020
      • A principles-based Act
    • Councillor conduct framework

      The councillor conduct framework set out in the Local Government Act 2020 provides for the management of councillor conduct and councillor behaviour.
    • Acts and regulations

      Victoria’s local government sector is administered under the Local Government Act 2020 and related Acts, policies and legislation.
    • Candidate Training
    • Electoral structure and ward boundary reviews
  • Partnering with councils
    • Victorian State-Local Government agreement

      The 2014 Victorian State-Local Government Agreement is designed to build collaborative working relationships between state and local government.
    • Mayoral Advisory Panel

      The Mayoral Advisory Panel consists of mayors from across Victoria who provide high level advice on local government issues.
    • Gender equity

      Gender equality and diversity benefits all of us. It makes communities, councils and our State stronger.
      • Women Leading Locally
    • Victorian Aboriginal and Local Government Strategy

      Creating pathways to self-determination for Aboriginal Victorians through partnerships with Local Government and the Victorian Government.
    • Engaging with the Local Government Sector
    • Local Government Earn and Learn Pilot Program
  • Resilience and emergency management
    • Emergency management

      Local Government Victoria supports councils to work together to plan for their emergency management responsibilities before, during and after emergencies.
    • Emergency Funding Programs
  • Council Elections
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  • Council innovation and performance
    • Performance reporting
    • Sector guidance: planning and reporting
    • Procurement
    • Local laws
    • Financial and asset management
    • Council community satisfaction survey
    • Council rates and charges
      • Calculating Rates
    • Treasury Corporation of Victoria loans
    • Statement of Secure Employment
  • What we do
    • Local Government Victoria
  • Funding programs
    • Aboriginal Community Infrastructure Program
    • Free from Violence Local Government Program
    • Living Libraries Infrastructure Program
    • Roadside Weeds and Pests Program
      • Control Plan Assistance
    • Rural Councils Transformation Program
    • Victorian Local Government Grants Commission
    • Public Libraries Funding Program
    • Premiers' Reading Challenge Book Fund
  • Council governance and integrity
    • Independent reviews and reports
    • Local Government Legislation Amendment (Stronger Communities) Act 2026
    • Local Government Amendment (Governance and Integrity) Act 2024
    • Local Government Culture Project
    • Governance resources
    • Local Government Act 2020
      • A principles-based Act
    • Councillor conduct framework
    • Acts and regulations
    • Candidate Training
    • Electoral structure and ward boundary reviews
  • Partnering with councils
    • Victorian State-Local Government agreement
    • Local Government Mayoral Advisory Panel
    • Gender equity in local government
      • Women Leading Locally 2022-2024
    • Victorian Aboriginal and Local Government Strategy
    • Engaging with the Local Government Sector
    • Local Government Earn and Learn Pilot Program
  • Resilience and emergency management
    • Emergency management
    • Council Emergency Funding Programs
  • Council Elections

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