Code of Conduct

Address: 1700 Marmion Avenue, TAMALA PARK WA 6030
Post: PO Box 2746, CLARKSON WA 6030

The Local Government (Model Code of Conduct Regulations 2021) were gazetted on the 3 February 2021. The Model Code of Conduct is now in effect and is applicable to all Local Governments, until such time as each Local Government adopts its own specific Code of Conduct.

This Code of Conduct applies to Council Members and Committee Members. Please download the Complaint for an Alleged Breach Form here.

The Mindarie Regional Council also has a Code of Conduct that sets the standards of behaviours for Employees and Contractors.

The Codes complement the principles adopted in the Local Government Act 1995 to achieve:

better decision-making by local governments;
greater community participating in the decisions and affairs of local governments;
greater accountability of local governments to their communities; and
more efficient and effective local government.

The Codes provide a requirement of the expected standard of behaviour and conduct for Council Members, Committee Members and Employees. It encourages a commitment to ethical and professional behaviour and outlines principles upon which individual and collective local government responsibilities may be based.