Navigating Behavioural Complaints: The Role of the Responsible Person

Target Audience
Mayors and Deputy Mayors 
 
Overview
The function of managing and dealing with complaints under the Behavioural Standards for Council Members often falls to the Mayor and in some case the Deputy Mayor of other member chosen by the Council. In addition, Section 75G of the Local Government Act 1999 designates the Mayor (and in some cases the Deputy Mayor or other member chosen by the Council) as the responsible person for issuing directions to a Council member for the purposes of ensuing the members acts or omissions do not adversely affect the health and safety of other members of the Council or the Chief Executive Officer.
 
Mayors and Deputy Mayors play a critical role in demonstrating and upholding excellence in leadership, behaviour integrity.
 
Key Learnings
This training session will incorporate hypotheticals, case studies, and provide an overview of:
 

• The legislative framework;
• The role of the person responsible for managing complaints under the Behavioural Standards for Council members;
• The role played by the responsible person under s.75G;
• Effective complaint management;
• Early resolution of complaints.

 
Facilitator
Felice D'Agostino, Principal, Norman Waterhouse Lawyers
 
Felice D’Agostino assists and provides advice to local authorities on a wide variety of matters involving statutory interpretation, administrative law, governance, public administration, freedom of information, and public integrity. Felice takes a practical and solutions-based approach to representing her clients and assisting them to deal with competing pressures. As a Principal in Norman Waterhouse’s Employment, Governance and Regulatory Services team Felice specialises in governance and public administration and is committed to assisting her clients to make defensible decisions that will withstand scrutiny.
 
The Norman Waterhouse Local Government team is the largest of its kind in the State and is widely recognised as the leader in the provision of advice and representation to the local government sector in South Australia.    
 
Additional Information
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For further information about the content of this program, please contact LGA Training on 8224 2000 or at training@lga.sa.gov.au.
 
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