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  <name>Legislative Council</name>
  <date date="2025-10-14T14:15:00+10:30" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1)</sessionName>
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  <parliamentName>Parliament of South Australia</parliamentName>
  <house>Legislative Council</house>
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  <proceeding continued="true" uid="e4cec0d1bee24757b41c93880a4d3a8a">
    <name>Answers to Questions</name>
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      <name>Council CEO Salaries</name>
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          <heading>Council CEO Salaries</heading>
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      <talker role="member" id="6929" referenceid="53ca1cd2e19847a59766892bec169fa3" uid="a9b447e26ef24295ba7b479d96a535bf" kind="question">
        <name>The Hon. S.L. GAME</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <question date="2025-10-14T03:45:00+10:30">
            <name>Council CEO Salaries</name>
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            <timeStamp time="2025-10-15T00:00:00+10:30" />In reply to <by role="member" id="6929" referenceid="53ca1cd2e19847a59766892bec169fa3" uid="a9b447e26ef24295ba7b479d96a535bf">the Hon. S.L. GAME </by>().17 June 2025).  </inserted>
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      <talker role="member" id="5412" referenceid="f6f1a5ffd4774774bcc2b9675cc1d44d" uid="518cd912373445109dc81e65941f6c54" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. C.M. SCRIVEN</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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            <name>Minister for Primary Industries and Regional Development</name>
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            <name>Minister for Forest Industries</name>
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          <question date="2025-10-14T03:45:00+10:30">
            <name>Council CEO Salaries</name>
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            <by role="member" id="5412" referenceid="f6f1a5ffd4774774bcc2b9675cc1d44d" uid="518cd912373445109dc81e65941f6c54">The Hon. C.M. SCRIVEN (Minister for Primary Industries and Regional Development, Minister for Forest Industries):</by>  The Minister for Local Government has advised:</inserted>
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          <inserted>Under section 99A of the Local Government Act 1999, the remuneration of the chief executive officer (CEO) of a council will be determined by the council. A council must ensure that the remuneration of its CEO is within the relevant minimum and maximum remuneration determined by the Remuneration Tribunal of South Australia (the Remuneration Tribunal).</inserted>
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          <inserted>On 16 May 2025, the Remuneration Tribunal made its most recent determination of minimum and maximum remuneration for council CEOs.</inserted>
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        <text id="202510145809ea30cacb40d7b0001138">
          <inserted>The Remuneration Tribunal is independent and not subject to ministerial direction regarding its determinations on council CEO remuneration.</inserted>
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