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Final Report

The Panel’s report was presented to the Australian Government in December 2011. It is available to download below.


The report has been split into multiple Word documents for ease of access:

Expert Panel Final Report (No Appendices) (DOC 845KB)
Appendix A 
Terms of reference and panel membership
(DOC 34KB)
Appendix B 
Summary of submissions received
(DOC 377KB)
Appendix C 
Polling results
(PPT 2.4MB)
Appendix D  
Consultation strategy and implementation
(DOC 72KB)
Appendix E  
Local government as a constitutional expression
(DOC 50KB)
Appendix F  
History of local government and referendums
(DOC 44KB)
Appendix G  
Local government in State constitutions
(DOC 33KB)
Appendix H  
State and Territory views on constitutional recognition as presented in their written submissions to the panel
(DOC 41KB)
Appendix I  
List of submissions received
(DOC 514KB)