Access to information
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Policies and Plans
Newcastle City Council's policy and strategic documents are listed below in alphabetical order.
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Your rights to information
Council is committed to open, accountable and transparent government.
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Information guide
The City of Newcastle is committed to assisting members of the community to access information about the City of Newcastle.
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Request Form
Your rights to access Council information are provided in the Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 (NSW) (GIPA Act). Request online form
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Development applications
Council is currently developing and implementing new systems to allow information on development applications to be accessed from its website.
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Disclosure log
View Source Council’s disclosure log records details about information that has already been released in response to a Formal Access Application and may be of interest to other members of the public (unless the applicant objects to its recording).
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Formal access applications
If the information you need is not available any other way, you can lodge a formal access application by completing a formal access application form.
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Registers
Council’s register of government contracts provides information about contracts to which Council is a party that have (or are likely to have) a value of $150,000 or more.
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Reports
This page provides details of annual reports and other reports by bodie exercising functions of Council.
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Contracts register
In accordance with the requirements of the Government Information (Public Access) Act, the following is a list of Council's class 1 contracts: