This dashboard is a companion product for our Results of 2022–23 Audits: Local Government, which was tabled in Parliament on 7 March 2024.
This dashboard shows data on individual councils, including their financial sustainability.
Download a PDF copy of Appendix G: Financial sustainability indicators.
Download a PDF copy of Appendix F: Control issues risk ratings.
Download a PDF copy of Appendix E: Audit opinions.
Download a PDF copy of Appendix D: Abbreviations, acronyms and glossary.
Click the link below to download a PDF copy of Appendix C: Audit context.
Click the link below to download a PDF copy of Appendix B: Sector Context.
Click the link below to download a PDF copy of Appendix A: Submissions and comments.
Councils have adequate internal controls for preparing reliable financial reports and performance statements, but there is room for improvement.
Information technology (IT) controls and asset management weaknesses continue to be key areas for improvement across the sector.
It can also improve its oversight of balances that are subject to management judgement.
Councils started to see a return to pre-COVID-19 pandemic activities in 2022–23.
The sector’s financial performance improved slightly. A number of revenue and income streams increased, but growth in councils’ expenses outpaced this for another year. Financial performance would have declined had the Australian Government not advanced 100 per cent of the 2023–24 financial assistance grants in 2022–23.