Complaint Management System

Our Customer Service Charter

Our Customer Service Charter sets out Council's service level targets and explains what you - as our customer - can do if we have not delivered a service to that level.

The Charter reflects our commitment to making sure that doing business with us is a positive experience. It has been developed to build and enhance relationships and partnerships with our community and customers, and to enable a system for continuous improvement of our services.

Download our Customer Service Charter(PDF, 649KB)

Administrative Action Complaints

Council has in place a formal "administrative action complaints process”, which provides customers with the opportunity to request a review of administrative decisions made by Council officers or Council where there are no other formal appeal provisions available under legislation or within Council. An administrative action may include a decision, or a failure to make a decision, a failure to provide a written statement of reasons for a decision, an act, a failure to do an act, the formulation of a proposal or intention, or the making of a recommendation.

This complaints process is not about raising a "request for service", these should be made directly to Council’s customer service team.

Administrative matters relate to the actions or decisions made by council administration, but do not include:

  • Requests for information
  • Requests for service (where you want Council to take action in relation to a service or product provided by Council eg, barking dog, leaking water pipe, pot hole, road maintenance, etc)
  • Suggestions, enquiries or petitions
  • Comments submitted during formal consultation or negotiation processes
  • Councillor conduct

Section 268(2) of the Local Government Act 2009 defines an ‘administrative action complaint’ as a complaint that:

  1. Is about an administrative action of a local government, including the following, for example –
    1. A decision, or a failure to make a decision, including a failure to provide a written statement of reasons for a decision;
    2. An act, or failure to do an act;
    3. The formulation of a proposal or intention;
    4. The making of a recommendation; and
  2. Is made by an affected person. 

Other Important Information

Administrative Action Complaints Process Policy(PDF, 235KB) (PDF)

Complaint-Form.(PDF, 159KB) (PDF)

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