3.3.1 Compulsory Competitive Tendering

3.3.1.1 Prescriptive or compulsory approaches to service delivery, as has occurred interstate with Compulsory Competitive Tendering, are seen as inappropriate to Queensland Local Government because they ignore the need for autonomy and flexibility at the local level.

3.3.2 National Competition Policy

3.3.2.1 In implementation of National Competition Policy, Councils should retain the right to determine the level of reform to be implemented, with the requirement to undertake reviews being a voluntary process for those Councils below the type 1 and 2 thresholds.

3.3.2.2 In response to National Competition Policy obligations, and to ensure that equitable community access to essential services is not diminished, Local Government will apply the techniques of social impact assessment in its determination of the existence or otherwise of community service obligations in respect of these services.