In South Australia, local governments are elected in a system of voluntary postal voting. That voting is both voluntary and postal are two of the main features that distinguish local government elections from State and Commonwealth elections. A third distinguishing characteristic is that political parties are rarely explicitly involved.
This Final Report refers many times to topics discussed in the Review's Interim Report, published in October 2007. This Review has produced three Issues Papers, an Interim Report and this Final Report. Readers will find that these papers provide detailed discussion of all the issues canvassed in the Terms of Reference, including those discussed in this Final Report. All these documents are available on the Review's web site: http://www.localgovt.sa.gov.au/electionsreview.
