Annual Report 2017-18

Overseas travel                                            Equal opportunity
No official overseas travel was undertaken by                employment
Councillors or employees during the period.
                                                           Council is an equal opportunity employer, which
                                                           is committed to providing equal employment
                                                           opportunities for its current and prospective
                                                           employees. Council’s employment practices are
Executive remuneration                                     aligned to Queensland’s Anti-Discrimination Act
                                                           1991 and relevant federal anti-discrimination laws.
Under the LG Act, the annual report of a local
government must state the total remuneration               Council recognises the importance workforce
packages that were payable during the reporting            diversity and promotes a working environment
period to its senior management, and the number            where people are treated on their merits at every
of employees in senior management who are being            stage of their employment.
paid each of the total remuneration packages.
                                                           At Noosa Council, all employees are encouraged to
The senior management of a local government                embrace equity and diversity at all levels within the
consists of the chief executive officer and all senior       organisation. The Noosa Council Employee Code
executive employees of the local government. A             of Conduct reinforces the standards of behaviours
senior executive employee is an employee who               required of employees including non-discriminatory
reports directly to the chief executive officer and          workplace practices.
whose position would ordinarily be considered to be
a senior position in the corporate structure.              Council will continue to strive to build a workforce
                                                           and supporting organisational culture that reflects
The total of remuneration packages payable                 the diversity of the greater community and is free of
to senior management during the period was                 all forms of discrimination and harassment.
$1,235,296.

The annual package bands for Council’s senior
management team are outlined in Table 6 below.


Table 6 - Executive Remuneration

Package Band                          Number of senior
                                         management
                                          employees

$100,000 - $200,000                                    5

$200,001 - $300,000                                    1




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