Statutory Frameworks & Legislation

• Building Act 2011 (WA)
• Contaminated Sites Act 2003 (WA)
• Corruption, Crime and Misconduct Act 2003 (WA)
• Criminal Code Act 1913 (WA)
• Environmental Protection Act 1986 (WA)
• Freedom of Information Act 1992 (WA)
• Local Government Act 1995 (WA)
• Local Government Amendment (Auditing) Act 2017 (WA)
• Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1971 (WA)
• Planning and Development Act 2005 (WA)
• Planning and Development Amendment Act 2023 (WA)
• Public Health Act 2016 (WA)
• Public Sector Management Act 1994 (WA)
• State Administrative Tribunal Act 2004 (WA)
• Work Health and Safety Act 2020 (WA)

Subsidiary Regulations & Standard Frameworks

• Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries (DLGSC). (1996). Local Government (Audit) Regulations 1996 (WA).
• Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries (DLGSC). (1996). Local Government (Functions and General) Regulations 1996 (WA).
• Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries (DLGSC). (2021). Local Government (Model Code of Conduct) Regulations 2021 (WA).
• Public Sector Commission (PSC) & Western Australian Ombudsman. (n.d.). CEO Recruitment, Selection, Performance Review and Termination Standards.
• WorkSafe WA. (2022). Code of Practice: Psychosocial hazards in the workplace.

Judicial Decisions & Jurisprudential Records

• Local Government Elected Members Association (WA) Inc v WA Local Government Association [Supreme Court of Western Australia].
• Martin, W. (2013). Forewarned and Four-Armed—Administrative Law Values and the Fourth Arm of Government. 2013 Whitmore Lecture, delivered 1 August 2013, Perth, Western Australia.
• Podger, A. (2017). The Role of the Public Sector Commissioner and the Erosion of Centralised Ethical Governance. Australian Journal of Public Administration.
• Thomson, J. (2020). Report of the Inquiry into the City of Perth. Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries (DLGSC), Western Australia.
• Vogel, P. (2015). Frontline Realities: Structural Flaws in the Co-Regulation of Environmental Protection Notice Frameworks. National Environmental Law Review.

Institutional & Civic Data Sources

• City of Melville. (2013). John Connell Reserve Contaminated Site Classification Directive (Contaminated — Remediation Required).
• City of Melville. (n.d.). Dundee Road Landfill Decommissioning Master Plan Framework (Projected Horizon 2027).
• City of Melville. (n.d.). Unreasonable Complainant and Manageable Correspondence Operational Policies.
• Corruption and Crime Commission. (2026). Report into Serious Misconduct by a Manager Operations at the Shire of East Pilbara (Bevan Klein). Perth, Western Australia: Parliamentary Tabled Papers.
• Office of the Auditor General (OAG) Western Australia. (n.d.). Sector-wide Local Government Performance Audits & Fraud Control Framework Evaluations.
• Office of the Information Commissioner (OIC) Western Australia. (n.d.). Schedule 1 Exemption Determination Registries.
• Office of the Local Government Inspector. (2026). Terms of Reference: Formal Inquiry into the Operations, Affairs, and Collaborative Governance of the City of Perth (Tony Brown). Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries, Western Australia.
• Parliamentary Commissioner for Administrative Investigations (WA Ombudsman). (2026). Annual Report: Section-wide Public Authority Complaint Escalation Indefinement Registries. Western Australian Parliamentary Tabled Papers.
• Shadow Council Melville & Bull Creek-Leeming Community Action Group. (n.d.). Civic Due Diligence Dossiers.