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    Statutory duties (required)

    Some of the services councils have a duty to provide include:

    • Town planning and building assessment
    • Environmental health (such as food inspection)
    • Coastal protection
    • Fire prevention (some building inspection and some bushfire prevention planning functions are a duty, others are discretionary)
    • Rubbish collection
    • Litter and nuisance controls
    • Community wastewater management
    • Road construction and maintenance
    • Cemeteries and crematoria
    • Dog management and control.
    Statutory duties (required)  :  Last Revised: Thu Jun 18th 2026
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