{"id":16587,"date":"2012-11-18T21:27:48","date_gmt":"2012-11-18T11:27:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=16587"},"modified":"2018-05-15T21:52:36","modified_gmt":"2018-05-15T11:52:36","slug":"new-laws-will-help-buy-local-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2012\/11\/18\/new-laws-will-help-buy-local-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"New Laws Will Help &#8216;Buy Local&#8217; Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_16636\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16636\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/crisafulli-250a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/crisafulli-250a.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"David and Tegan Crisafulli\" width=\"250\" height=\"344\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16636\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/crisafulli-250a.jpg 250w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/crisafulli-250a-218x300.jpg 218w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16636\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Local Government Minister David Crisafulli and his wife Tegan in Kingaroy earlier this month<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<strong>November 18, 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Changes to the Local Government Act passed in State Parliament last week will support the South Burnett Regional Council&#8217;s plans to buy more locally produced goods and services.<\/p>\n<p>Local Government Minister David Crisafulli said the changes would give Queensland councils the power to give more support to local businesses and jobs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis levels the playing field to make it easier for smaller local contractors to compete with the big boys when bidding for council projects,\u201d Mr Crisafulli said.<\/p>\n<p>Each council can now choose to place greater emphasis on one of the &#8220;five sound contracting principles&#8221; when setting selection criteria, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Developing local business and industry<\/li>\n<li>Value for money<\/li>\n<li>Open competition<\/li>\n<li>Fair dealing and<\/li>\n<li>Environmental protection.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Mr Crisafulli said he would also encourage councils to simplify their tender documents.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf a council wants to help develop a local industry, boost the local workforce or encourage new skills, they can tailor their tender process to suit,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTenders will still have to meet all the necessary guidelines, but the council can now decide if giving a job to a local business is more important to the economy than awarding a contract to an out of town tenderer at a cheaper price.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLocal councils know what is best for their communities. And if they can help a local tradesman put on an extra apprentice or an earthmoving company invest in new equipment, the whole community benefits.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Last month the SBRC flagged that it wants to introduce changes to its current purchasing policy to inject as much as $6 million a year extra into the South Burnett&#8217;s economy.<\/p>\n<p>However, Council staff expressed concerns at the time that restrictions in the previous Local Government Act might derail the Council&#8217;s good intentions.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Related Article: <a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2012\/10\/local-buy\/\">Council Wants To Buy $6m More Locally<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Changes to the Local Government Act passed through Parliament last week will support the South Burnett Regional Council&#8217;s efforts to buy more locally-produced goods and services.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":16640,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,22,3],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - 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