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220 London Circuit in Civic, which houses the main offices of the ACT Government The Access Canberra service centre in Belconnen. The ACT Government is served by a unified ACT Public Service agency, reporting to a single Head of Service. Administrative units, known as Directorates, are grouped under areas of portfolio responsibility.
[11] [12] "Municipal institutions and local government" appears in Annotation 447, and "Power of the Parliament of a Colony" appears under "Residuary Legislative Powers" on pages 935 and 936. The first official local government in Australia was the Perth Town Trust, established in 1838, only three years after British settlement. [2]
There is no level of local government below the territory government as in the states and the functions associated with local government are carried out principally by the Transport Canberra and City Services Directorate. [70] There is an indigenous voice to the ACT government, called the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elected Body. [71]
Unlike the legislatures of the other mainland states and territories, the Assembly also has the functions of a local council; the city of Canberra has no other local government. It replaced the House of Assembly when the ACT was granted self-government in 1986. Voters had previously rejected self government in a 1978 plebiscite. [1]
Canberra (/ ˈ k æ n b ər ə / ⓘ KAN-bər-ə) is the capital city of Australia.Founded following the federation of the colonies of Australia as the seat of government for the new nation, it is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth-largest Australian city overall.
The Constitution Alteration (Local Government) Bill 1988, [1] was an unsuccessful proposal to alter the Australian Constitution to require that the states maintain a system of democratically elected local government.
The chief minister previously also represented the ACT on the Council of Australian Governments (COAG). [4] Since there are no local governments in the territory, the chief minister's role is also similar to that of the mayor of a local government area. The chief minister sits on the Council of Capital City Lord Mayors. [5]
The first elections in the ACT were held on 4 March 1989; and the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly first sat on 11 May that year. Parties that opposed Self-Government, The No Self Government Party and Abolish Self Government Coalition ran in the 1989 election. They would get a total 18.97% and 4 seats.