Background

Georges River Council provides critical services and infrastructure to the residents, rate payers and visitors to the Georges River Council local government area. Council also has service agreements and contractual obligations with government and non-government agencies and organisations and has its own strategic goals and objectives that it seeks to achieve on behalf of the community.

This draft Enterprise Risk Management Policy addresses Council’s commitment to the process of managing risk and ensuring the risk management framework is aligned to the current Australian risk management standards: AS ISO 31000:2018. The Standard requires that Council’s risk management framework:

• Is based on the council’s specific needs and risks, including internal and external context.
• Demonstrates the council’s commitment to risk management.
• Assigns risk management roles, responsibilities and accountabilities within the council.
• Allocates appropriate council resources for risk management.
• Effectively documents and communicates risk management across the council, and
• Is applied to all decision-making, functions, services and activities of the council in accordance with our statutory requirements.

The purpose of this Policy is to clearly communicate Council’s commitment to maintaining a risk management framework that ensures the consistent, efficient and effective assessment of risk in all Council’s planning, decision-making and operational processes.

How to be involved

Community feedback is essential in helping guide us in our decision-making process. Your feedback will influence the choices we make when developing our plans and ensure we are on the right path to achieving and managing our community's overall vision. If you would like to provide feedback or comments on the Policy, we encourage you to:

	Complete our online feedback form. Use the links below to submit your online feedback, or
	Return a hard copy submission.

If you are returning a hard copy submission, please quote SF23/6430 Public Submission - Draft Enterprise Risk Management Policy at the beginning of your submission and return:

	In person to Georges River Council Civic Centre or Libraries
	Via email: mail@georgesriver.nsw.gov.au
	Via post: PO Box 205, Hurstville BC NSW 1481

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