Queensland Consolidated Acts

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 2009 - SECT 87

87 Community forums

(1) This section applies if an indigenous regional council establishes a community forum for the council or, if the council is divided, any of its divisions.

(2) A
"community forum" is a body established by an indigenous regional council to be responsible for meeting with the local community to discuss issues relating to—

(a) trust land; and

(b) planning; and

(c) the delivery of services; and

(d) culture.

(3) The
"local community" is the community living in the local government area or division for which the community forum is established.

(4) A community forum is made up of—

(a) a chairperson, who is the councillor for the division; and

(b) at least 3, but not more than 7, appointed members.

(5) The indigenous regional council must publish the following information—

(a) the name of the community forum;

(b) the names of the members of the community forum.

(6) The information must be published—

(a) on the indigenous regional council’s website; and

(b) in other ways the council considers appropriate.

(7) The indigenous regional council must decide all matters necessary for the operation of its community forums.