Member

My amendment addresses a simple yet fundamental safeguard of our democratic system. There is rightly the expectation that those who hold elected office should return to the electorate at reasonable and predictable intervals to maintain, or lose, their mandates. The amendment seeks to place a clear limit on how long local elections may be delayed when those delays arise from changes to local government organisation. Under this Bill, in essence, it would ensure that any such postponement could not extend beyond a single year.