The reform of local government introduced a sustainability and reporting process for all Queensland councils, incorporating an emphasis on sustainable communities and councils.

This will assist in developing a consistent approach to assess financial sustainability of each council and identifying areas where additional support may be needed.

The following documents summarise the information your council provided to ensure long-term sustainability.

• Annual return on the status of asset management
• Annual return on community engagement
• Annual return on governance (expected Sep 2009)
• Measures of sustainability – long term financial model (expected early 2010)

Asset management advancement program 2009–10

The Commonwealth government has set a target to have all infrastructure asset classes managed by councils covered by asset management plans by December 2010. To help achieve this, the Department of Infrastructure and Planning is establishing the Asset management advancement program 2009–10 ( 315 KB).

This program is designed to support councils in developing asset management plans in a progressive manner during 2009 and 2010. It does not promote any specific approach to asset management planning, and encourages councils to choose the resourcing approach that best suits its needs and circumstances.

Financial management (sustainability) guideline 2009

Support for the development of local government ten year financial models, including long-term sustainability strategies as well as indicators and measures for the assessment of ongoing local government sustainability. This is outlined in the Financial management (sustainability) guideline 2009 239 KB).