Background

The City of Cockburn has reviewed its current suite of local laws to ensure they are fit for purpose and meet community, as well as City expectations. Now is your opportunity to review these local laws, allowing the City to refine them before they are presented to Council for final adoption.

When residents are involved in the process of developing or amending local laws, it helps us prepare laws that reflect the values and needs of our community. Your input is a valuable part of this process and will be carefully considered as we look at potential changes. By providing feedback, you can help identify any gaps, unintended consequences, or practical challenges in the local laws.

Together, we can ensure that our local laws are fair, effective, and responsive to the people they serve.

Have your say

Share your thoughts on the proposed local laws and current local law, by clicking on the project tiles below. Feedback closes 4pm, Friday 6 March 2026.

  • Amending, repealing and making local laws

    Local governments in WA must follow a formal process under the Local Government Act 1995 to amend, repeal or make a local law. This includes engaging the community, Council adoption, gazettal, and finally review by the Joint Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation.

  • What can be influenced

    The community has the opportunity to tell us what works well and what could be improved about the local laws. We are particularly interested in whether the community feels we have got the balance right when it comes to the level of the regulation in the local law.

  • What can't be influenced

    Local governments can only make laws that are necessary for the good government of the district. Local laws cannot go beyond the accepted notions of local government, and they must be reasonable and proportionate. Local laws cannot be inconsistent with State or Federal legislation or seek to introduce significant new policy or fundamental new policy to the community. Any feedback or suggestions which are inconsistent with the above cannot be actioned.