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To continue to support local governments during the COVID-19 outbreak, the department is urgently progressing amendments to the following Local Government Regulations:

• financial management
• functions and general, and 
• long service leave.

• repurposing financial reserves
• borrowing money
• changing the use of borrowed money

• the supply of goods or services associated with a state of emergency and 
• a contract renewal or extension of no more than 12 months when the original contract is to expire within three months.

Local Government (Long Service Leave) Regulations:

• clarifying that long service leave will continue to be accrued during any period of absence from duty due to the employer’s response during a state of emergency
• allowing long service leave to be taken in two or more separate periods and
• allowing employees to access long service leave during a state of emergency if they have completed at least seven years of continuous service.