Regional Council
The term Regional Council has different meanings in different Australian states and in New Zealand.
In Queensland the larger non-metropolitan Councils are typically designated as regional councils.
In Western Australia regional councils are groups of independent Councils that cooperate on a regional basis.
In New Zealand there are two tiers of Councils, with Regional Councils belonging to the larger less local tier.
New South Wales
Queensland
- Barcaldine Regional Council
- Bundaberg Regional Council
- Cairns Regional Council
- Cassowary Coast Regional Council
- Central Highlands Regional Council
- Charters Towers Regional Council
- Fraser Coast Regional Council
- Gladstone Regional Council
- Goondiwindi Regional Council
- Gympie Regional Council
- Isaac Regional Council
- Lockyer Valley Regional Council
- Longreach Regional Council
- Mackay Regional Council
- Maranoa Regional Council
- Moreton Bay Regional Council
- North Burnett Regional Council
- Northern Peninsula Area Regional Council
- Rockhampton Regional Council
- Roma Regional Council
- Scenic Rim Regional Council
- Somerset Regional Council
- South Burnett Regional Council
- Southern Downs Regional Council
- Sunshine Coast Regional Council
- Tablelands Regional Council
- Toowoomba Regional Council
- Torres Strait Island Regional Council
- Western Downs Regional Council
- Whitsunday Regional Council
South Australia
Western Australia
- Eastern Metropolitan Regional Council
- Gascoyne Regional Council
- Goldfields-Esperance Regional Council
- Kimberly Regional Council
- Midwest Regional Council
- Pilbara Regional Council
New Zealand
- Auckland Regional Council
- Hawke's Bay Regional Council
- Horizons Regional Council
- Northland Regional Council
- Otago Regional Council
- Taranaki Regional Council
- West Coast Regional Council
