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No indicator value is published until definitions, denominators, periods, peer applicability and material inputs pass verification." }, { "id": "indicator-readiness:c0a342b74f465dc811e967e27c9b", "council_id": "armidale-regional", "council_name": "Armidale Regional", "indicator_id": "administrative_efficiency", "indicator_label": "Administrative efficiency", "input_domains": [ "revenue_expenditure", "staffing_governance_costs" ], "evidence_record_count": 1235, "verified_input_count": 576, "peer_membership_count": 25, "readiness_state": "comparison_ready_with_caveats", "comparison_ready": true, "formula_status": "published_reviewed_definition", "weighting_status": "no_composite_score", "primary_metric_id": "governance-per-resident", "primary_metric_label": "Governance and administration expenditure per resident", "calculation": { "type": "direct", "source_column": 69, "expected_header": "Governance & Administration Expenditure Per Capita \n($)", "rounding_digits": 2 }, "unit": "AUD per resident", "direction_note": "A higher amount can reflect scale, service scope, accounting allocation or one-off items and is not an efficiency finding by itself.", "reporting_period": "2024-25", "source": { "organisation": "NSW Office of Local Government", "title": "Time-Series Data 2024/2025", "url": "https://www.olg.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-05/time-series-data-2024-2025.xlsx" }, "qualification": "Source-published negative values are excluded from comparison and retained as anomalies requiring source explanation." }, { "id": "indicator-readiness:f9885afe928cc323a8ac87a12c9f", "council_id": "armidale-regional", "council_name": "Armidale Regional", "indicator_id": "workforce_efficiency", "indicator_label": "Workforce efficiency", "input_domains": [ "staffing_governance_costs" ], "evidence_record_count": 387, "verified_input_count": 156, "peer_membership_count": 25, "readiness_state": "comparison_ready_with_caveats", "comparison_ready": true, "formula_status": "published_reviewed_definition", "weighting_status": "no_composite_score", "primary_metric_id": "fte-per-resident", "primary_metric_label": "FTE staff per 1,000 residents", "calculation": { "type": "ratio", "numerator_path": "fteStaff", "numerator_source_column": 122, "numerator_expected_header": "Full Time Equivalent Staff", "denominator_path": "population", "denominator_source_column": 4, "denominator_expected_header": "Population 2024", "multiplier": 1000 }, "unit": "FTE per 1,000 residents", "direction_note": "A higher staffing rate is not automatically inefficient; 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No indicator value is published until definitions, denominators, periods, peer applicability and material inputs pass verification." }, { "id": "indicator-readiness:279519e2fcd5bbc6367be6c932e5", "council_id": "ballina", "council_name": "Ballina", "indicator_id": "rates_burden", "indicator_label": "Rates burden", "input_domains": [ "rates" ], "evidence_record_count": 685, "verified_input_count": 685, "peer_membership_count": 25, "readiness_state": "comparison_ready_with_caveats", "comparison_ready": true, "formula_status": "published_reviewed_definition", "weighting_status": "no_composite_score", "primary_metric_id": "residential-rate", "primary_metric_label": "Average residential rate", "calculation": { "type": "direct", "source_column": 38, "expected_header": "Average Residential Rate \n($)", "rounding_digits": 2 }, "unit": "AUD per residential assessment", "direction_note": "A higher amount is not automatically worse; rating structures, land values, annual charges and service responsibilities differ.", "reporting_period": "2024-25", "source": { "organisation": "NSW Office of Local Government", "title": "Time-Series Data 2024/2025", "url": "https://www.olg.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-05/time-series-data-2024-2025.xlsx" }, "qualification": "This is the OLG-published average ordinary residential rate, not an estimate for a particular property or a complete rates notice." }, { "id": "indicator-readiness:769fcf27bc5b6ea53b9c299a50fd", "council_id": "ballina", "council_name": "Ballina", "indicator_id": "fee_burden", "indicator_label": "Fee burden", "input_domains": [ "fees" ], "evidence_record_count": 1728, "verified_input_count": 0, "peer_membership_count": 25, "readiness_state": "provisional_evidence_only", "comparison_ready": false, "formula_status": "not_approved_for_publication", "weighting_status": "no_composite_score", "primary_metric_id": null, "primary_metric_label": null, "calculation": null, "unit": null, "direction_note": null, "reporting_period": null, "source": null, "qualification": "Readiness assessment only. No indicator value is published until definitions, denominators, periods, peer applicability and material inputs pass verification." }, { "id": "indicator-readiness:545859f6f3de3e3c3760967e3fbd", "council_id": "ballina", "council_name": "Ballina", "indicator_id": "administrative_efficiency", "indicator_label": "Administrative efficiency", "input_domains": [ "revenue_expenditure", "staffing_governance_costs" ], "evidence_record_count": 1451, "verified_input_count": 1429, "peer_membership_count": 25, "readiness_state": "comparison_not_available_for_council", "comparison_ready": false, "formula_status": "published_reviewed_definition", "weighting_status": "no_composite_score", "primary_metric_id": "governance-per-resident", "primary_metric_label": "Governance and administration expenditure per resident", "calculation": { "type": "direct", "source_column": 69, "expected_header": "Governance & Administration Expenditure Per Capita \n($)", "rounding_digits": 2 }, "unit": "AUD per resident", "direction_note": "A higher amount can reflect scale, service scope, accounting allocation or one-off items and is not an efficiency finding by itself.", "reporting_period": "2024-25", "source": { "organisation": "NSW Office of Local Government", "title": "Time-Series Data 2024/2025", "url": "https://www.olg.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-05/time-series-data-2024-2025.xlsx" }, "qualification": "The metric definition is approved, but this council has a missing or excluded source value; no comparison is published for this council." }, { "id": "indicator-readiness:04551ff46a7f060f935b8d84fd90", "council_id": "ballina", "council_name": "Ballina", "indicator_id": "workforce_efficiency", "indicator_label": "Workforce efficiency", "input_domains": [ "staffing_governance_costs" ], "evidence_record_count": 298, "verified_input_count": 276, "peer_membership_count": 25, "readiness_state": "comparison_ready_with_caveats", "comparison_ready": true, "formula_status": "published_reviewed_definition", "weighting_status": "no_composite_score", "primary_metric_id": "fte-per-resident", "primary_metric_label": "FTE staff per 1,000 residents", "calculation": { "type": "ratio", "numerator_path": "fteStaff", "numerator_source_column": 122, "numerator_expected_header": "Full Time Equivalent Staff", "denominator_path": "population", "denominator_source_column": 4, "denominator_expected_header": "Population 2024", "multiplier": 1000 }, "unit": "FTE per 1,000 residents", "direction_note": "A higher staffing rate is not automatically inefficient; service delivery models, water and sewer functions and contracting choices differ.", "reporting_period": "2024-25", "source": { "organisation": "NSW Office of Local Government", "title": "Time-Series Data 2024/2025", "url": "https://www.olg.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-05/time-series-data-2024-2025.xlsx" }, "qualification": "CouncilCheck calculation: OLG full-time-equivalent staff divided by OLG population, multiplied by 1,000." }, { "id": "indicator-readiness:876b57ccc6bd17acc3f4606f6864", "council_id": "ballina", "council_name": "Ballina", "indicator_id": "financial_sustainability", "indicator_label": "Financial sustainability", "input_domains": [ "financial_health", "revenue_expenditure" ], "evidence_record_count": 1386, "verified_input_count": 1386, "peer_membership_count": 25, "readiness_state": "comparison_ready_with_caveats", "comparison_ready": true, "formula_status": "published_reviewed_definition", "weighting_status": "no_composite_score", "primary_metric_id": "operating-per-resident", "primary_metric_label": "Operating result before capital per resident", "calculation": { "type": "ratio", "numerator_path": "operatingBeforeCapital", "numerator_source_column": 36, "numerator_expected_header": "Net Operating Result Before Capital\n($)", "denominator_path": "population", "denominator_source_column": 4, "denominator_expected_header": "Population 2024", "multiplier": 1 }, "unit": "AUD per resident", "direction_note": "One year does not establish sustainability; grants, service scope, water and sewer operations and unusual transactions can affect the result.", "reporting_period": "2024-25", "source": { "organisation": "NSW Office of Local Government", "title": "Time-Series Data 2024/2025", "url": "https://www.olg.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-05/time-series-data-2024-2025.xlsx" }, "qualification": "CouncilCheck calculation: OLG net operating result before capital grants and contributions divided by OLG population." }, { "id": "indicator-readiness:c95853ddaeec826dc13c938609f3", "council_id": "ballina", "council_name": "Ballina", "indicator_id": "procurement_concentration", "indicator_label": "Procurement concentration", "input_domains": [ "contracts_procurement" ], "evidence_record_count": 102, "verified_input_count": 72, "peer_membership_count": 25, "readiness_state": "definition_and_formula_review_required", "comparison_ready": false, "formula_status": "not_approved_for_publication", "weighting_status": "no_composite_score", "primary_metric_id": null, "primary_metric_label": null, "calculation": null, "unit": null, "direction_note": null, "reporting_period": null, "source": null, "qualification": "Readiness assessment only. No indicator value is published until definitions, denominators, periods, peer applicability and material inputs pass verification." }, { "id": "indicator-readiness:edc2e4026454b37cf7dc1ff223b4", "council_id": "ballina", "council_name": "Ballina", "indicator_id": "capital_delivery", "indicator_label": "Capital delivery", "input_domains": [ "capital_projects" ], "evidence_record_count": 1, "verified_input_count": 0, "peer_membership_count": 25, "readiness_state": "provisional_evidence_only", "comparison_ready": false, "formula_status": "not_approved_for_publication", "weighting_status": "no_composite_score", "primary_metric_id": null, "primary_metric_label": null, "calculation": null, "unit": null, "direction_note": null, "reporting_period": null, "source": null, "qualification": "Readiness assessment only. No indicator value is published until definitions, denominators, periods, peer applicability and material inputs pass verification." }, { "id": "indicator-readiness:784f0122d0579de8ecaba8ef6e4b", "council_id": "ballina", "council_name": "Ballina", "indicator_id": "asset_stewardship", "indicator_label": "Asset stewardship", "input_domains": [ "assets_infrastructure" ], "evidence_record_count": 236, "verified_input_count": 236, "peer_membership_count": 25, "readiness_state": "comparison_ready_with_caveats", "comparison_ready": true, "formula_status": "published_reviewed_definition", "weighting_status": "no_composite_score", "primary_metric_id": "asset-maintenance", "primary_metric_label": "Asset maintenance ratio", "calculation": { "type": "direct", "source_column": 100, "expected_header": "Asset Maintenance Ratio\n(%)", "rounding_digits": 2 }, "unit": "percent", "direction_note": "One hundred per cent indicates reported actual maintenance equals reported required maintenance; higher is not automatically better.", "reporting_period": "2024-25", "source": { "organisation": "NSW Office of Local Government", "title": "Time-Series Data 2024/2025", "url": "https://www.olg.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-05/time-series-data-2024-2025.xlsx" }, "qualification": "The ratio depends on each council's asset condition assessment and accounting treatment." }, { "id": "indicator-readiness:53674502d81c1899fca347ba79ba", "council_id": "ballina", "council_name": "Ballina", "indicator_id": "service_value", "indicator_label": "Service value", "input_domains": [ "service_performance" ], "evidence_record_count": 773, "verified_input_count": 766, "peer_membership_count": 25, "readiness_state": "comparison_ready_with_caveats", "comparison_ready": true, "formula_status": "published_reviewed_definition", "weighting_status": "no_composite_score", "primary_metric_id": "da-days", "primary_metric_label": "Mean development-application assessment time", "calculation": { "type": "direct", "source_column": 25, "expected_header": "Mean Gross Days for Development Applications\n(2025)", "rounding_digits": 1 }, "unit": "gross days", "direction_note": "Application complexity, applicant response time, referral requirements and development mix can affect assessment time.", "reporting_period": "2024-25", "source": { "organisation": "NSW Office of Local Government", "title": "Time-Series Data 2024/2025", "url": "https://www.olg.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-05/time-series-data-2024-2025.xlsx" }, "qualification": "This is one service-performance measure, not a complete measure of service value or planning quality." }, { "id": "indicator-readiness:5dc04103ab8ffc3914905326e245", "council_id": "ballina", "council_name": "Ballina", "indicator_id": "transparency", "indicator_label": "Transparency", "input_domains": [ "publication_availability", "governance_integrity" ], "evidence_record_count": 19, "verified_input_count": 12, "peer_membership_count": 25, "readiness_state": "definition_and_formula_review_required", "comparison_ready": false, "formula_status": "not_approved_for_publication", "weighting_status": "no_composite_score", "primary_metric_id": null, "primary_metric_label": null, "calculation": null, "unit": null, "direction_note": null, "reporting_period": null, "source": null, "qualification": "Readiness assessment only. No indicator value is published until definitions, denominators, periods, peer applicability and material inputs pass verification." }, { "id": "indicator-readiness:02dff69c9dba6d19f4da766dfc88", "council_id": "balranald", "council_name": "Balranald", "indicator_id": "rates_burden", "indicator_label": "Rates burden", "input_domains": [ "rates" ], "evidence_record_count": 693, "verified_input_count": 693, "peer_membership_count": 25, "readiness_state": "comparison_ready_with_caveats", "comparison_ready": true, "formula_status": "published_reviewed_definition", "weighting_status": "no_composite_score", "primary_metric_id": "residential-rate", "primary_metric_label": "Average residential rate", "calculation": { "type": "direct", "source_column": 38, "expected_header": "Average Residential Rate \n($)", "rounding_digits": 2 }, "unit": "AUD per residential assessment", "direction_note": "A higher amount is not automatically worse; rating structures, land values, annual charges and service responsibilities differ.", "reporting_period": "2024-25", "source": { "organisation": "NSW Office of Local Government", "title": "Time-Series Data 2024/2025", "url": "https://www.olg.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-05/time-series-data-2024-2025.xlsx" }, "qualification": "This is the OLG-published average ordinary residential rate, not an estimate for a particular property or a complete rates notice." }, { "id": "indicator-readiness:5d5f0148d6d8a3ac1fb196c6100f", "council_id": "balranald", "council_name": "Balranald", "indicator_id": "fee_burden", "indicator_label": "Fee burden", "input_domains": [ "fees" ], "evidence_record_count": 517, "verified_input_count": 0, "peer_membership_count": 25, "readiness_state": "provisional_evidence_only", "comparison_ready": false, "formula_status": "not_approved_for_publication", "weighting_status": "no_composite_score", "primary_metric_id": null, "primary_metric_label": null, "calculation": null, "unit": null, "direction_note": null, "reporting_period": null, "source": null, "qualification": "Readiness assessment only. No indicator value is published until definitions, denominators, periods, peer applicability and material inputs pass verification." }, { "id": "indicator-readiness:f160fbd311cddd86576e30715b5a", "council_id": "balranald", "council_name": "Balranald", "indicator_id": "administrative_efficiency", "indicator_label": "Administrative efficiency", "input_domains": [ "revenue_expenditure", "staffing_governance_costs" ], "evidence_record_count": 1419, "verified_input_count": 1419, "peer_membership_count": 25, "readiness_state": "comparison_ready_with_caveats", "comparison_ready": true, "formula_status": "published_reviewed_definition", "weighting_status": "no_composite_score", "primary_metric_id": "governance-per-resident", "primary_metric_label": "Governance and administration expenditure per resident", "calculation": { "type": "direct", "source_column": 69, "expected_header": "Governance & Administration Expenditure Per Capita \n($)", "rounding_digits": 2 }, "unit": "AUD per resident", "direction_note": "A higher amount can reflect scale, service scope, accounting allocation or one-off items and is not an efficiency finding by itself.", "reporting_period": "2024-25", "source": { "organisation": "NSW Office of Local Government", "title": "Time-Series Data 2024/2025", "url": "https://www.olg.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-05/time-series-data-2024-2025.xlsx" }, "qualification": "Source-published negative values are excluded from comparison and retained as anomalies requiring source explanation." }, { "id": "indicator-readiness:c72d45c23fb846b73163f188bfcf", "council_id": "balranald", "council_name": "Balranald", "indicator_id": "workforce_efficiency", "indicator_label": "Workforce efficiency", "input_domains": [ "staffing_governance_costs" ], "evidence_record_count": 266, "verified_input_count": 266, "peer_membership_count": 25, "readiness_state": "comparison_ready_with_caveats", "comparison_ready": true, "formula_status": "published_reviewed_definition", "weighting_status": "no_composite_score", "primary_metric_id": "fte-per-resident", "primary_metric_label": "FTE staff per 1,000 residents", "calculation": { "type": "ratio", "numerator_path": "fteStaff", "numerator_source_column": 122, "numerator_expected_header": "Full Time Equivalent Staff", "denominator_path": "population", "denominator_source_column": 4, "denominator_expected_header": "Population 2024", "multiplier": 1000 }, "unit": "FTE per 1,000 residents", "direction_note": "A higher staffing rate is not automatically inefficient; service delivery models, water and sewer functions and contracting choices differ.", "reporting_period": "2024-25", "source": { "organisation": "NSW Office of Local Government", "title": "Time-Series Data 2024/2025", "url": "https://www.olg.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-05/time-series-data-2024-2025.xlsx" }, "qualification": "CouncilCheck calculation: OLG full-time-equivalent staff divided by OLG population, multiplied by 1,000." }, { "id": "indicator-readiness:86b667ea7575a1fe731dec419f4a", "council_id": "balranald", "council_name": "Balranald", "indicator_id": "financial_sustainability", "indicator_label": "Financial sustainability", "input_domains": [ "financial_health", "revenue_expenditure" ], "evidence_record_count": 1386, "verified_input_count": 1386, "peer_membership_count": 25, "readiness_state": "comparison_ready_with_caveats", "comparison_ready": true, "formula_status": "published_reviewed_definition", "weighting_status": "no_composite_score", "primary_metric_id": "operating-per-resident", "primary_metric_label": "Operating result before capital per resident", "calculation": { "type": "ratio", "numerator_path": "operatingBeforeCapital", "numerator_source_column": 36, "numerator_expected_header": "Net Operating Result Before Capital\n($)", "denominator_path": "population", "denominator_source_column": 4, "denominator_expected_header": "Population 2024", "multiplier": 1 }, "unit": "AUD per resident", "direction_note": "One year does not establish sustainability; grants, service scope, water and sewer operations and unusual transactions can affect the result.", "reporting_period": "2024-25", "source": { "organisation": "NSW Office of Local Government", "title": "Time-Series Data 2024/2025", "url": "https://www.olg.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-05/time-series-data-2024-2025.xlsx" }, "qualification": "CouncilCheck calculation: OLG net operating result before capital grants and contributions divided by OLG population." }, { "id": "indicator-readiness:4147312cca167f47754871f144c0", "council_id": "balranald", "council_name": "Balranald", "indicator_id": "procurement_concentration", "indicator_label": "Procurement concentration", "input_domains": [ "contracts_procurement" ], "evidence_record_count": 12, "verified_input_count": 12, "peer_membership_count": 25, "readiness_state": "definition_and_formula_review_required", "comparison_ready": false, "formula_status": "not_approved_for_publication", "weighting_status": "no_composite_score", "primary_metric_id": null, "primary_metric_label": null, "calculation": null, "unit": null, "direction_note": null, "reporting_period": null, "source": null, "qualification": "Readiness assessment only. No indicator value is published until definitions, denominators, periods, peer applicability and material inputs pass verification." }, { "id": "indicator-readiness:20e4db1404d2a95c5c43c6276527", "council_id": "balranald", "council_name": "Balranald", "indicator_id": "capital_delivery", "indicator_label": "Capital delivery", "input_domains": [ "capital_projects" ], "evidence_record_count": 0, "verified_input_count": 0, "peer_membership_count": 25, "readiness_state": "blocked_missing_inputs", "comparison_ready": false, "formula_status": "not_approved_for_publication", "weighting_status": "no_composite_score", "primary_metric_id": null, "primary_metric_label": null, "calculation": null, "unit": null, "direction_note": null, "reporting_period": null, "source": null, "qualification": "Readiness assessment only. 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No indicator value is published until definitions, denominators, periods, peer applicability and material inputs pass verification." }, { "id": "indicator-readiness:c7b8f52677a3185e1d55d1ebfb3c", "council_id": "bathurst-regional", "council_name": "Bathurst Regional", "indicator_id": "rates_burden", "indicator_label": "Rates burden", "input_domains": [ "rates" ], "evidence_record_count": 704, "verified_input_count": 704, "peer_membership_count": 25, "readiness_state": "comparison_ready_with_caveats", "comparison_ready": true, "formula_status": "published_reviewed_definition", "weighting_status": "no_composite_score", "primary_metric_id": "residential-rate", "primary_metric_label": "Average residential rate", "calculation": { "type": "direct", "source_column": 38, "expected_header": "Average Residential Rate \n($)", "rounding_digits": 2 }, "unit": "AUD per residential assessment", "direction_note": "A higher amount is not automatically worse; rating structures, land values, annual charges and service responsibilities differ.", "reporting_period": "2024-25", "source": { "organisation": "NSW Office of Local Government", "title": "Time-Series Data 2024/2025", "url": "https://www.olg.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-05/time-series-data-2024-2025.xlsx" }, "qualification": "This is the OLG-published average ordinary residential rate, not an estimate for a particular property or a complete rates notice." }, { "id": "indicator-readiness:734efb0e7d285a7ce1c75cb97f97", "council_id": "bathurst-regional", "council_name": "Bathurst Regional", "indicator_id": "fee_burden", "indicator_label": "Fee burden", "input_domains": [ "fees" ], "evidence_record_count": 1801, "verified_input_count": 0, "peer_membership_count": 25, "readiness_state": "provisional_evidence_only", "comparison_ready": false, "formula_status": "not_approved_for_publication", "weighting_status": "no_composite_score", "primary_metric_id": null, "primary_metric_label": null, "calculation": null, "unit": null, "direction_note": null, "reporting_period": null, "source": null, "qualification": "Readiness assessment only. 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No indicator value is published until definitions, denominators, periods, peer applicability and material inputs pass verification." }, { "id": "indicator-readiness:e3fd7567a779a7f15e94603e9e9a", "council_id": "bega-valley", "council_name": "Bega Valley", "indicator_id": "rates_burden", "indicator_label": "Rates burden", "input_domains": [ "rates" ], "evidence_record_count": 684, "verified_input_count": 684, "peer_membership_count": 25, "readiness_state": "comparison_ready_with_caveats", "comparison_ready": true, "formula_status": "published_reviewed_definition", "weighting_status": "no_composite_score", "primary_metric_id": "residential-rate", "primary_metric_label": "Average residential rate", "calculation": { "type": "direct", "source_column": 38, "expected_header": "Average Residential Rate \n($)", "rounding_digits": 2 }, "unit": "AUD per residential assessment", "direction_note": "A higher amount is not automatically worse; rating structures, land values, annual charges and service responsibilities differ.", "reporting_period": "2024-25", "source": { "organisation": "NSW Office of Local Government", "title": "Time-Series Data 2024/2025", "url": "https://www.olg.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-05/time-series-data-2024-2025.xlsx" }, "qualification": "This is the OLG-published average ordinary residential rate, not an estimate for a particular property or a complete rates notice." }, { "id": "indicator-readiness:17d9216e97e0137759976d60ec76", "council_id": "bega-valley", "council_name": "Bega Valley", "indicator_id": "fee_burden", "indicator_label": "Fee burden", "input_domains": [ "fees" ], "evidence_record_count": 1401, "verified_input_count": 0, "peer_membership_count": 25, "readiness_state": "provisional_evidence_only", "comparison_ready": false, "formula_status": "not_approved_for_publication", "weighting_status": "no_composite_score", "primary_metric_id": null, "primary_metric_label": null, "calculation": null, "unit": null, "direction_note": null, "reporting_period": null, "source": null, "qualification": "Readiness assessment only. No indicator value is published until definitions, denominators, periods, peer applicability and material inputs pass verification." }, { "id": "indicator-readiness:e50915945886860349f4e9fe65d8", "council_id": "bega-valley", "council_name": "Bega Valley", "indicator_id": "administrative_efficiency", "indicator_label": "Administrative efficiency", "input_domains": [ "revenue_expenditure", "staffing_governance_costs" ], "evidence_record_count": 1885, "verified_input_count": 1429, "peer_membership_count": 25, "readiness_state": "comparison_ready_with_caveats", "comparison_ready": true, "formula_status": "published_reviewed_definition", "weighting_status": "no_composite_score", "primary_metric_id": "governance-per-resident", "primary_metric_label": "Governance and administration expenditure per resident", "calculation": { "type": "direct", "source_column": 69, "expected_header": "Governance & Administration Expenditure Per Capita \n($)", "rounding_digits": 2 }, "unit": "AUD per resident", "direction_note": "A higher amount can reflect scale, service scope, accounting allocation or one-off items and is not an efficiency finding by itself.", "reporting_period": "2024-25", "source": { "organisation": "NSW Office of Local Government", "title": "Time-Series Data 2024/2025", "url": "https://www.olg.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-05/time-series-data-2024-2025.xlsx" }, "qualification": "Source-published negative values are excluded from comparison and retained as anomalies requiring source explanation." }, { "id": "indicator-readiness:ab9376aaacbddc547a1f71119ee0", "council_id": "bega-valley", "council_name": "Bega Valley", "indicator_id": "workforce_efficiency", "indicator_label": "Workforce efficiency", "input_domains": [ "staffing_governance_costs" ], "evidence_record_count": 732, "verified_input_count": 276, "peer_membership_count": 25, "readiness_state": "comparison_ready_with_caveats", "comparison_ready": true, "formula_status": "published_reviewed_definition", "weighting_status": "no_composite_score", "primary_metric_id": "fte-per-resident", "primary_metric_label": "FTE staff per 1,000 residents", "calculation": { "type": "ratio", "numerator_path": "fteStaff", "numerator_source_column": 122, "numerator_expected_header": "Full Time Equivalent Staff", "denominator_path": "population", "denominator_source_column": 4, "denominator_expected_header": "Population 2024", "multiplier": 1000 }, "unit": "FTE per 1,000 residents", "direction_note": "A higher staffing rate is not automatically inefficient; 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grants, service scope, water and sewer operations and unusual transactions can affect the result.", "reporting_period": "2024-25", "source": { "organisation": "NSW Office of Local Government", "title": "Time-Series Data 2024/2025", "url": "https://www.olg.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-05/time-series-data-2024-2025.xlsx" }, "qualification": "CouncilCheck calculation: OLG net operating result before capital grants and contributions divided by OLG population." }, { "id": "indicator-readiness:daebdec95d16f4c371c7b43062d6", "council_id": "bega-valley", "council_name": "Bega Valley", "indicator_id": "procurement_concentration", "indicator_label": "Procurement concentration", "input_domains": [ "contracts_procurement" ], "evidence_record_count": 204, "verified_input_count": 101, "peer_membership_count": 25, "readiness_state": "definition_and_formula_review_required", "comparison_ready": false, "formula_status": "not_approved_for_publication", "weighting_status": "no_composite_score", "primary_metric_id": null, "primary_metric_label": null, "calculation": null, "unit": null, "direction_note": null, "reporting_period": null, "source": null, "qualification": "Readiness assessment only. No indicator value is published until definitions, denominators, periods, peer applicability and material inputs pass verification." }, { "id": "indicator-readiness:b90853d327045f65e90193ac91b0", "council_id": "bega-valley", "council_name": "Bega Valley", "indicator_id": "capital_delivery", "indicator_label": "Capital delivery", "input_domains": [ "capital_projects" ], "evidence_record_count": 536, "verified_input_count": 0, "peer_membership_count": 25, "readiness_state": "provisional_evidence_only", "comparison_ready": false, "formula_status": "not_approved_for_publication", "weighting_status": "no_composite_score", "primary_metric_id": null, "primary_metric_label": null, "calculation": null, "unit": null, "direction_note": null, "reporting_period": null, "source": null, "qualification": "Readiness assessment only. No indicator value is published until definitions, denominators, periods, peer applicability and material inputs pass verification." }, { "id": "indicator-readiness:930f48fb5020fee8ecf021732eb5", "council_id": "bega-valley", "council_name": "Bega Valley", "indicator_id": "asset_stewardship", "indicator_label": "Asset stewardship", "input_domains": [ "assets_infrastructure" ], "evidence_record_count": 1392, "verified_input_count": 236, "peer_membership_count": 25, "readiness_state": "comparison_ready_with_caveats", "comparison_ready": true, "formula_status": "published_reviewed_definition", "weighting_status": "no_composite_score", "primary_metric_id": "asset-maintenance", "primary_metric_label": "Asset maintenance ratio", "calculation": { "type": "direct", "source_column": 100, "expected_header": "Asset Maintenance Ratio\n(%)", "rounding_digits": 2 }, "unit": "percent", "direction_note": "One hundred per cent indicates reported actual maintenance equals reported required maintenance; higher is not automatically better.", "reporting_period": "2024-25", "source": { "organisation": "NSW Office of Local Government", "title": "Time-Series Data 2024/2025", "url": "https://www.olg.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-05/time-series-data-2024-2025.xlsx" }, "qualification": "The ratio depends on each council's asset condition assessment and accounting treatment." }, { "id": "indicator-readiness:9db70dd235af02cbf7b0a371a6f9", "council_id": "bega-valley", "council_name": "Bega Valley", "indicator_id": "service_value", "indicator_label": "Service value", "input_domains": [ "service_performance" ], "evidence_record_count": 989, "verified_input_count": 766, "peer_membership_count": 25, "readiness_state": "comparison_ready_with_caveats", "comparison_ready": true, "formula_status": "published_reviewed_definition", "weighting_status": "no_composite_score", "primary_metric_id": "da-days", "primary_metric_label": "Mean development-application assessment time", "calculation": { "type": "direct", "source_column": 25, "expected_header": "Mean Gross Days for Development Applications\n(2025)", "rounding_digits": 1 }, "unit": "gross days", "direction_note": "Application complexity, applicant response time, referral requirements and development mix can affect assessment time.", "reporting_period": "2024-25", "source": { "organisation": "NSW Office of Local Government", "title": "Time-Series Data 2024/2025", "url": "https://www.olg.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-05/time-series-data-2024-2025.xlsx" }, "qualification": "This is one service-performance measure, not a complete measure of service value or planning quality." }, { "id": "indicator-readiness:76b6d79261829b2ecd772b067c24", "council_id": "bega-valley", "council_name": "Bega Valley", "indicator_id": "transparency", "indicator_label": "Transparency", "input_domains": [ "publication_availability", "governance_integrity" ], "evidence_record_count": 153, "verified_input_count": 13, "peer_membership_count": 25, "readiness_state": "definition_and_formula_review_required", "comparison_ready": false, "formula_status": "not_approved_for_publication", "weighting_status": "no_composite_score", "primary_metric_id": null, "primary_metric_label": null, "calculation": null, "unit": null, "direction_note": null, "reporting_period": null, "source": null, "qualification": "Readiness assessment only. No indicator value is published until definitions, denominators, periods, peer applicability and material inputs pass verification." }, { "id": "indicator-readiness:4a4312c6269ae1d01a93a7cdb8e5", "council_id": "bellingen", "council_name": "Bellingen", "indicator_id": "rates_burden", "indicator_label": "Rates burden", "input_domains": [ "rates" ], "evidence_record_count": 684, "verified_input_count": 684, "peer_membership_count": 25, "readiness_state": "comparison_ready_with_caveats", "comparison_ready": true, "formula_status": "published_reviewed_definition", "weighting_status": "no_composite_score", "primary_metric_id": "residential-rate", "primary_metric_label": "Average residential rate", "calculation": { "type": "direct", "source_column": 38, "expected_header": "Average Residential Rate \n($)", "rounding_digits": 2 }, "unit": "AUD per residential assessment", "direction_note": "A higher amount is not automatically worse; rating structures, land values, annual charges and service responsibilities differ.", "reporting_period": "2024-25", "source": { "organisation": "NSW Office of Local Government", "title": "Time-Series Data 2024/2025", "url": "https://www.olg.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-05/time-series-data-2024-2025.xlsx" }, "qualification": "This is the OLG-published average ordinary residential rate, not an estimate for a particular property or a complete rates notice." }, { "id": "indicator-readiness:18ff4e038270d3e355163ebdfd16", "council_id": "bellingen", "council_name": "Bellingen", "indicator_id": "fee_burden", "indicator_label": "Fee burden", "input_domains": [ "fees" ], "evidence_record_count": 1516, "verified_input_count": 0, "peer_membership_count": 25, "readiness_state": "provisional_evidence_only", "comparison_ready": false, "formula_status": "not_approved_for_publication", "weighting_status": "no_composite_score", "primary_metric_id": null, "primary_metric_label": null, "calculation": null, "unit": null, "direction_note": null, "reporting_period": null, "source": null, "qualification": "Readiness assessment only. No indicator value is published until definitions, denominators, periods, peer applicability and material inputs pass verification." }, { "id": "indicator-readiness:044893fa7c3a155ea30b28ece8de", "council_id": "bellingen", "council_name": "Bellingen", "indicator_id": "administrative_efficiency", "indicator_label": "Administrative efficiency", "input_domains": [ "revenue_expenditure", "staffing_governance_costs" ], "evidence_record_count": 1660, "verified_input_count": 1429, "peer_membership_count": 25, "readiness_state": "comparison_ready_with_caveats", "comparison_ready": true, "formula_status": "published_reviewed_definition", "weighting_status": "no_composite_score", "primary_metric_id": "governance-per-resident", "primary_metric_label": "Governance and administration expenditure per resident", "calculation": { "type": "direct", "source_column": 69, "expected_header": "Governance & Administration Expenditure Per Capita \n($)", "rounding_digits": 2 }, "unit": "AUD per resident", "direction_note": "A higher amount can reflect scale, service scope, accounting allocation or one-off items and is not an efficiency finding by itself.", "reporting_period": "2024-25", "source": { "organisation": "NSW Office of Local Government", "title": "Time-Series Data 2024/2025", "url": "https://www.olg.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-05/time-series-data-2024-2025.xlsx" }, "qualification": "Source-published negative values are excluded from comparison and retained as anomalies requiring source explanation." }, { "id": "indicator-readiness:b14e47292adaa6f93e4e08f6f57b", "council_id": "bellingen", "council_name": "Bellingen", "indicator_id": "workforce_efficiency", "indicator_label": "Workforce efficiency", "input_domains": [ "staffing_governance_costs" ], "evidence_record_count": 449, "verified_input_count": 276, "peer_membership_count": 25, "readiness_state": "comparison_ready_with_caveats", "comparison_ready": true, "formula_status": "published_reviewed_definition", "weighting_status": "no_composite_score", "primary_metric_id": "fte-per-resident", "primary_metric_label": "FTE staff per 1,000 residents", "calculation": { "type": "ratio", "numerator_path": "fteStaff", "numerator_source_column": 122, "numerator_expected_header": "Full Time Equivalent Staff", "denominator_path": "population", "denominator_source_column": 4, "denominator_expected_header": "Population 2024", "multiplier": 1000 }, "unit": "FTE per 1,000 residents", "direction_note": "A higher staffing rate is not automatically inefficient; 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No indicator value is published until definitions, denominators, periods, peer applicability and material inputs pass verification." }, { "id": "indicator-readiness:47abd9e4a5b480804be7634830c2", "council_id": "berrigan", "council_name": "Berrigan", "indicator_id": "asset_stewardship", "indicator_label": "Asset stewardship", "input_domains": [ "assets_infrastructure" ], "evidence_record_count": 670, "verified_input_count": 236, "peer_membership_count": 25, "readiness_state": "comparison_ready_with_caveats", "comparison_ready": true, "formula_status": "published_reviewed_definition", "weighting_status": "no_composite_score", "primary_metric_id": "asset-maintenance", "primary_metric_label": "Asset maintenance ratio", "calculation": { "type": "direct", "source_column": 100, "expected_header": "Asset Maintenance Ratio\n(%)", "rounding_digits": 2 }, "unit": "percent", "direction_note": "One hundred per cent indicates reported actual maintenance equals reported required maintenance; higher is not automatically better.", "reporting_period": "2024-25", "source": { "organisation": "NSW Office of Local Government", "title": "Time-Series Data 2024/2025", "url": "https://www.olg.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-05/time-series-data-2024-2025.xlsx" }, "qualification": "The ratio depends on each council's asset condition assessment and accounting treatment." }, { "id": "indicator-readiness:b147630aadcad6169757d4374482", "council_id": "berrigan", "council_name": "Berrigan", "indicator_id": "service_value", "indicator_label": "Service value", "input_domains": [ "service_performance" ], "evidence_record_count": 835, "verified_input_count": 766, "peer_membership_count": 25, "readiness_state": "comparison_ready_with_caveats", "comparison_ready": true, "formula_status": "published_reviewed_definition", "weighting_status": "no_composite_score", "primary_metric_id": "da-days", "primary_metric_label": "Mean development-application assessment time", "calculation": { "type": "direct", "source_column": 25, "expected_header": "Mean Gross Days for Development Applications\n(2025)", "rounding_digits": 1 }, "unit": "gross days", "direction_note": "Application complexity, applicant response time, referral requirements and development mix can affect assessment time.", "reporting_period": "2024-25", "source": { "organisation": "NSW Office of Local Government", "title": "Time-Series Data 2024/2025", "url": "https://www.olg.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-05/time-series-data-2024-2025.xlsx" }, "qualification": "This is one service-performance measure, not a complete measure of service value or planning quality." }, { "id": "indicator-readiness:826fe7197353688c9903fb6c6dad", "council_id": "berrigan", "council_name": "Berrigan", "indicator_id": "transparency", "indicator_label": "Transparency", "input_domains": [ "publication_availability", "governance_integrity" ], "evidence_record_count": 29, "verified_input_count": 14, "peer_membership_count": 25, "readiness_state": "definition_and_formula_review_required", "comparison_ready": false, "formula_status": "not_approved_for_publication", "weighting_status": "no_composite_score", "primary_metric_id": null, "primary_metric_label": null, "calculation": null, "unit": null, "direction_note": null, "reporting_period": null, "source": null, "qualification": "Readiness assessment only. 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No indicator value is published until definitions, denominators, periods, peer applicability and material inputs pass verification." }, { "id": "indicator-readiness:168444b8ff241d6961a33d4bbd7b", "council_id": "blacktown", "council_name": "Blacktown", "indicator_id": "administrative_efficiency", "indicator_label": "Administrative efficiency", "input_domains": [ "revenue_expenditure", "staffing_governance_costs" ], "evidence_record_count": 2873, "verified_input_count": 1398, "peer_membership_count": 25, "readiness_state": "comparison_ready_with_caveats", "comparison_ready": true, "formula_status": "published_reviewed_definition", "weighting_status": "no_composite_score", "primary_metric_id": "governance-per-resident", "primary_metric_label": "Governance and administration expenditure per resident", "calculation": { "type": "direct", "source_column": 69, "expected_header": "Governance & Administration Expenditure Per Capita \n($)", "rounding_digits": 2 }, "unit": "AUD per resident", "direction_note": "A higher amount can reflect scale, service scope, accounting allocation or one-off items and is not an efficiency finding by itself.", "reporting_period": "2024-25", "source": { "organisation": "NSW Office of Local Government", "title": "Time-Series Data 2024/2025", "url": "https://www.olg.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-05/time-series-data-2024-2025.xlsx" }, "qualification": "Source-published negative values are excluded from comparison and retained as anomalies requiring source explanation." }, { "id": "indicator-readiness:552dbda249f380f14869cc38ec10", "council_id": "blacktown", "council_name": "Blacktown", "indicator_id": "workforce_efficiency", "indicator_label": "Workforce efficiency", "input_domains": [ "staffing_governance_costs" ], "evidence_record_count": 967, "verified_input_count": 276, "peer_membership_count": 25, "readiness_state": "comparison_ready_with_caveats", "comparison_ready": true, "formula_status": "published_reviewed_definition", "weighting_status": "no_composite_score", "primary_metric_id": "fte-per-resident", "primary_metric_label": "FTE staff per 1,000 residents", "calculation": { "type": "ratio", "numerator_path": "fteStaff", "numerator_source_column": 122, "numerator_expected_header": "Full Time Equivalent Staff", "denominator_path": "population", "denominator_source_column": 4, "denominator_expected_header": "Population 2024", "multiplier": 1000 }, "unit": "FTE per 1,000 residents", "direction_note": "A higher staffing rate is not automatically inefficient; 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No indicator value is published until definitions, denominators, periods, peer applicability and material inputs pass verification." }, { "id": "indicator-readiness:fafbe8c664e5b3c75a39e0770486", "council_id": "blayney", "council_name": "Blayney", "indicator_id": "administrative_efficiency", "indicator_label": "Administrative efficiency", "input_domains": [ "revenue_expenditure", "staffing_governance_costs" ], "evidence_record_count": 1417, "verified_input_count": 1416, "peer_membership_count": 25, "readiness_state": "comparison_ready_with_caveats", "comparison_ready": true, "formula_status": "published_reviewed_definition", "weighting_status": "no_composite_score", "primary_metric_id": "governance-per-resident", "primary_metric_label": "Governance and administration expenditure per resident", "calculation": { "type": "direct", "source_column": 69, "expected_header": "Governance & Administration Expenditure Per Capita \n($)", "rounding_digits": 2 }, "unit": "AUD per resident", "direction_note": "A higher amount can reflect scale, service scope, accounting allocation or one-off items and is not an efficiency finding by itself.", "reporting_period": "2024-25", "source": { "organisation": "NSW Office of Local Government", "title": "Time-Series Data 2024/2025", "url": "https://www.olg.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-05/time-series-data-2024-2025.xlsx" }, "qualification": "Source-published negative values are excluded from comparison and retained as anomalies requiring source explanation." }, { "id": "indicator-readiness:41cac79bc70956733f295258b13d", "council_id": "blayney", "council_name": "Blayney", "indicator_id": "workforce_efficiency", "indicator_label": "Workforce efficiency", "input_domains": [ "staffing_governance_costs" ], "evidence_record_count": 277, "verified_input_count": 276, "peer_membership_count": 25, "readiness_state": "comparison_ready_with_caveats", "comparison_ready": true, "formula_status": "published_reviewed_definition", "weighting_status": "no_composite_score", "primary_metric_id": "fte-per-resident", "primary_metric_label": "FTE staff per 1,000 residents", "calculation": { "type": "ratio", "numerator_path": "fteStaff", "numerator_source_column": 122, "numerator_expected_header": "Full Time Equivalent Staff", "denominator_path": "population", "denominator_source_column": 4, "denominator_expected_header": "Population 2024", "multiplier": 1000 }, "unit": "FTE per 1,000 residents", "direction_note": "A higher staffing rate is not automatically inefficient; 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No indicator value is published until definitions, denominators, periods, peer applicability and material inputs pass verification." }, { "id": "indicator-readiness:1f0dd86ae3c1dd1afe61544b05fa", "council_id": "eurobodalla", "council_name": "Eurobodalla", "indicator_id": "rates_burden", "indicator_label": "Rates burden", "input_domains": [ "rates" ], "evidence_record_count": 685, "verified_input_count": 685, "peer_membership_count": 25, "readiness_state": "comparison_ready_with_caveats", "comparison_ready": true, "formula_status": "published_reviewed_definition", "weighting_status": "no_composite_score", "primary_metric_id": "residential-rate", "primary_metric_label": "Average residential rate", "calculation": { "type": "direct", "source_column": 38, "expected_header": "Average Residential Rate \n($)", "rounding_digits": 2 }, "unit": "AUD per residential assessment", "direction_note": "A higher amount is not automatically worse; rating structures, land values, annual charges and service responsibilities differ.", "reporting_period": "2024-25", "source": { "organisation": "NSW Office of Local Government", "title": "Time-Series Data 2024/2025", "url": "https://www.olg.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-05/time-series-data-2024-2025.xlsx" }, "qualification": "This is the OLG-published average ordinary residential rate, not an estimate for a particular property or a complete rates notice." }, { "id": "indicator-readiness:a4e0ab52b4afcd41f0d67dd05bb5", "council_id": "eurobodalla", "council_name": "Eurobodalla", "indicator_id": "fee_burden", "indicator_label": "Fee burden", "input_domains": [ "fees" ], "evidence_record_count": 1196, "verified_input_count": 0, "peer_membership_count": 25, "readiness_state": "provisional_evidence_only", "comparison_ready": false, "formula_status": "not_approved_for_publication", "weighting_status": "no_composite_score", "primary_metric_id": null, "primary_metric_label": null, "calculation": null, "unit": null, "direction_note": null, "reporting_period": null, "source": null, "qualification": "Readiness assessment only. No indicator value is published until definitions, denominators, periods, peer applicability and material inputs pass verification." }, { "id": "indicator-readiness:c0104f3039f9bc776b2adb982a6c", "council_id": "eurobodalla", "council_name": "Eurobodalla", "indicator_id": "administrative_efficiency", "indicator_label": "Administrative efficiency", "input_domains": [ "revenue_expenditure", "staffing_governance_costs" ], "evidence_record_count": 1812, "verified_input_count": 1429, "peer_membership_count": 25, "readiness_state": "comparison_ready_with_caveats", "comparison_ready": true, "formula_status": "published_reviewed_definition", "weighting_status": "no_composite_score", "primary_metric_id": "governance-per-resident", "primary_metric_label": "Governance and administration expenditure per resident", "calculation": { "type": "direct", "source_column": 69, "expected_header": "Governance & Administration Expenditure Per Capita \n($)", "rounding_digits": 2 }, "unit": "AUD per resident", "direction_note": "A higher amount can reflect scale, service scope, accounting allocation or one-off items and is not an efficiency finding by itself.", "reporting_period": "2024-25", "source": { "organisation": "NSW Office of Local Government", "title": "Time-Series Data 2024/2025", "url": "https://www.olg.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-05/time-series-data-2024-2025.xlsx" }, "qualification": "Source-published negative values are excluded from comparison and retained as anomalies requiring source explanation." }, { "id": "indicator-readiness:2c141f36e920c416409047547c70", "council_id": "eurobodalla", "council_name": "Eurobodalla", "indicator_id": "workforce_efficiency", "indicator_label": "Workforce efficiency", "input_domains": [ "staffing_governance_costs" ], "evidence_record_count": 537, "verified_input_count": 276, "peer_membership_count": 25, "readiness_state": "comparison_ready_with_caveats", "comparison_ready": true, "formula_status": "published_reviewed_definition", "weighting_status": "no_composite_score", "primary_metric_id": "fte-per-resident", "primary_metric_label": "FTE staff per 1,000 residents", "calculation": { "type": "ratio", "numerator_path": "fteStaff", "numerator_source_column": 122, "numerator_expected_header": "Full Time Equivalent Staff", "denominator_path": "population", "denominator_source_column": 4, "denominator_expected_header": "Population 2024", "multiplier": 1000 }, "unit": "FTE per 1,000 residents", "direction_note": "A higher staffing rate is not automatically inefficient; 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No indicator value is published until definitions, denominators, periods, peer applicability and material inputs pass verification." }, { "id": "indicator-readiness:575a574a4819a225f44b6b31dac9", "council_id": "greater-hume", "council_name": "Greater Hume", "indicator_id": "administrative_efficiency", "indicator_label": "Administrative efficiency", "input_domains": [ "revenue_expenditure", "staffing_governance_costs" ], "evidence_record_count": 1615, "verified_input_count": 1017, "peer_membership_count": 25, "readiness_state": "comparison_ready_with_caveats", "comparison_ready": true, "formula_status": "published_reviewed_definition", "weighting_status": "no_composite_score", "primary_metric_id": "governance-per-resident", "primary_metric_label": "Governance and administration expenditure per resident", "calculation": { "type": "direct", "source_column": 69, "expected_header": "Governance & Administration Expenditure Per Capita \n($)", "rounding_digits": 2 }, "unit": "AUD per resident", "direction_note": "A higher amount can reflect scale, service scope, accounting allocation or one-off items and is not an efficiency finding by itself.", "reporting_period": "2024-25", "source": { "organisation": "NSW Office of Local Government", "title": "Time-Series Data 2024/2025", "url": "https://www.olg.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-05/time-series-data-2024-2025.xlsx" }, "qualification": "Source-published negative values are excluded from comparison and retained as anomalies requiring source explanation." }, { "id": "indicator-readiness:a848f8e415362597400386cd4e59", "council_id": "greater-hume", "council_name": "Greater Hume", "indicator_id": "workforce_efficiency", "indicator_label": "Workforce efficiency", "input_domains": [ "staffing_governance_costs" ], "evidence_record_count": 496, "verified_input_count": 264, "peer_membership_count": 25, "readiness_state": "comparison_ready_with_caveats", "comparison_ready": true, "formula_status": "published_reviewed_definition", "weighting_status": "no_composite_score", "primary_metric_id": "fte-per-resident", "primary_metric_label": "FTE staff per 1,000 residents", "calculation": { "type": "ratio", "numerator_path": "fteStaff", "numerator_source_column": 122, "numerator_expected_header": "Full Time Equivalent Staff", "denominator_path": "population", "denominator_source_column": 4, "denominator_expected_header": "Population 2024", "multiplier": 1000 }, "unit": "FTE per 1,000 residents", "direction_note": "A higher staffing rate is not automatically inefficient; 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No indicator value is published until definitions, denominators, periods, peer applicability and material inputs pass verification." }, { "id": "indicator-readiness:61550f7c5cf597ac466019ab61cf", "council_id": "gunnedah", "council_name": "Gunnedah", "indicator_id": "administrative_efficiency", "indicator_label": "Administrative efficiency", "input_domains": [ "revenue_expenditure", "staffing_governance_costs" ], "evidence_record_count": 1442, "verified_input_count": 1429, "peer_membership_count": 25, "readiness_state": "comparison_ready_with_caveats", "comparison_ready": true, "formula_status": "published_reviewed_definition", "weighting_status": "no_composite_score", "primary_metric_id": "governance-per-resident", "primary_metric_label": "Governance and administration expenditure per resident", "calculation": { "type": "direct", "source_column": 69, "expected_header": "Governance & Administration Expenditure Per Capita \n($)", "rounding_digits": 2 }, "unit": "AUD per resident", "direction_note": "A higher amount can reflect scale, service scope, accounting allocation or one-off items and is not an efficiency finding by itself.", "reporting_period": "2024-25", "source": { "organisation": "NSW Office of Local Government", "title": "Time-Series Data 2024/2025", "url": "https://www.olg.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-05/time-series-data-2024-2025.xlsx" }, "qualification": "Source-published negative values are excluded from comparison and retained as anomalies requiring source explanation." }, { "id": "indicator-readiness:57f2809096bf43d58c8525f0a997", "council_id": "gunnedah", "council_name": "Gunnedah", "indicator_id": "workforce_efficiency", "indicator_label": "Workforce efficiency", "input_domains": [ "staffing_governance_costs" ], "evidence_record_count": 289, "verified_input_count": 276, "peer_membership_count": 25, "readiness_state": "comparison_ready_with_caveats", "comparison_ready": true, "formula_status": "published_reviewed_definition", "weighting_status": "no_composite_score", "primary_metric_id": "fte-per-resident", "primary_metric_label": "FTE staff per 1,000 residents", "calculation": { "type": "ratio", "numerator_path": "fteStaff", "numerator_source_column": 122, "numerator_expected_header": "Full Time Equivalent Staff", "denominator_path": "population", "denominator_source_column": 4, "denominator_expected_header": "Population 2024", "multiplier": 1000 }, "unit": "FTE per 1,000 residents", "direction_note": "A higher staffing rate is not automatically inefficient; 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No indicator value is published until definitions, denominators, periods, peer applicability and material inputs pass verification." }, { "id": "indicator-readiness:e9d164d28b7b055c5715dbb2928c", "council_id": "gwydir", "council_name": "Gwydir", "indicator_id": "rates_burden", "indicator_label": "Rates burden", "input_domains": [ "rates" ], "evidence_record_count": 407, "verified_input_count": 407, "peer_membership_count": 25, "readiness_state": "comparison_ready_with_caveats", "comparison_ready": true, "formula_status": "published_reviewed_definition", "weighting_status": "no_composite_score", "primary_metric_id": "residential-rate", "primary_metric_label": "Average residential rate", "calculation": { "type": "direct", "source_column": 38, "expected_header": "Average Residential Rate \n($)", "rounding_digits": 2 }, "unit": "AUD per residential assessment", "direction_note": "A higher amount is not automatically worse; rating structures, land values, annual charges and service responsibilities differ.", "reporting_period": "2024-25", "source": { "organisation": "NSW Office of Local Government", "title": "Time-Series Data 2024/2025", "url": "https://www.olg.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-05/time-series-data-2024-2025.xlsx" }, "qualification": "This is the OLG-published average ordinary residential rate, not an estimate for a particular property or a complete rates notice." }, { "id": "indicator-readiness:af3d5e7e39c234de4524d52c1871", "council_id": "gwydir", "council_name": "Gwydir", "indicator_id": "fee_burden", "indicator_label": "Fee burden", "input_domains": [ "fees" ], "evidence_record_count": 1452, "verified_input_count": 0, "peer_membership_count": 25, "readiness_state": "provisional_evidence_only", "comparison_ready": false, "formula_status": "not_approved_for_publication", "weighting_status": "no_composite_score", "primary_metric_id": null, "primary_metric_label": null, "calculation": null, "unit": null, "direction_note": null, "reporting_period": null, "source": null, "qualification": "Readiness assessment only. No indicator value is published until definitions, denominators, periods, peer applicability and material inputs pass verification." }, { "id": "indicator-readiness:30c30f43e3e39c4d29636d7b1def", "council_id": "gwydir", "council_name": "Gwydir", "indicator_id": "administrative_efficiency", "indicator_label": "Administrative efficiency", "input_domains": [ "revenue_expenditure", "staffing_governance_costs" ], "evidence_record_count": 1546, "verified_input_count": 909, "peer_membership_count": 25, "readiness_state": "comparison_ready_with_caveats", "comparison_ready": true, "formula_status": "published_reviewed_definition", "weighting_status": "no_composite_score", "primary_metric_id": "governance-per-resident", "primary_metric_label": "Governance and administration expenditure per resident", "calculation": { "type": "direct", "source_column": 69, "expected_header": "Governance & Administration Expenditure Per Capita \n($)", "rounding_digits": 2 }, "unit": "AUD per resident", "direction_note": "A higher amount can reflect scale, service scope, accounting allocation or one-off items and is not an efficiency finding by itself.", "reporting_period": "2024-25", "source": { "organisation": "NSW Office of Local Government", "title": "Time-Series Data 2024/2025", "url": "https://www.olg.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-05/time-series-data-2024-2025.xlsx" }, "qualification": "Source-published negative values are excluded from comparison and retained as anomalies requiring source explanation." }, { "id": "indicator-readiness:56547c3c84eace07022f62f471de", "council_id": "gwydir", "council_name": "Gwydir", "indicator_id": "workforce_efficiency", "indicator_label": "Workforce efficiency", "input_domains": [ "staffing_governance_costs" ], "evidence_record_count": 580, "verified_input_count": 260, "peer_membership_count": 25, "readiness_state": "comparison_ready_with_caveats", "comparison_ready": true, "formula_status": "published_reviewed_definition", "weighting_status": "no_composite_score", "primary_metric_id": "fte-per-resident", "primary_metric_label": "FTE staff per 1,000 residents", "calculation": { "type": "ratio", "numerator_path": "fteStaff", "numerator_source_column": 122, "numerator_expected_header": "Full Time Equivalent Staff", "denominator_path": "population", "denominator_source_column": 4, "denominator_expected_header": "Population 2024", "multiplier": 1000 }, "unit": "FTE per 1,000 residents", "direction_note": "A higher staffing rate is not automatically inefficient; 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grants, service scope, water and sewer operations and unusual transactions can affect the result.", "reporting_period": "2024-25", "source": { "organisation": "NSW Office of Local Government", "title": "Time-Series Data 2024/2025", "url": "https://www.olg.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-05/time-series-data-2024-2025.xlsx" }, "qualification": "CouncilCheck calculation: OLG net operating result before capital grants and contributions divided by OLG population." }, { "id": "indicator-readiness:8e4cd0a6d07c972bf30960236a3a", "council_id": "gwydir", "council_name": "Gwydir", "indicator_id": "procurement_concentration", "indicator_label": "Procurement concentration", "input_domains": [ "contracts_procurement" ], "evidence_record_count": 15, "verified_input_count": 15, "peer_membership_count": 25, "readiness_state": "definition_and_formula_review_required", "comparison_ready": false, "formula_status": "not_approved_for_publication", "weighting_status": "no_composite_score", "primary_metric_id": null, "primary_metric_label": null, "calculation": null, "unit": null, "direction_note": null, "reporting_period": null, "source": null, "qualification": "Readiness assessment only. No indicator value is published until definitions, denominators, periods, peer applicability and material inputs pass verification." }, { "id": "indicator-readiness:392a24e7ed0128e25fc54b0b42d0", "council_id": "gwydir", "council_name": "Gwydir", "indicator_id": "capital_delivery", "indicator_label": "Capital delivery", "input_domains": [ "capital_projects" ], "evidence_record_count": 140, "verified_input_count": 0, "peer_membership_count": 25, "readiness_state": "provisional_evidence_only", "comparison_ready": false, "formula_status": "not_approved_for_publication", "weighting_status": "no_composite_score", "primary_metric_id": null, "primary_metric_label": null, "calculation": null, "unit": null, "direction_note": null, "reporting_period": null, "source": null, "qualification": "Readiness assessment only. No indicator value is published until definitions, denominators, periods, peer applicability and material inputs pass verification." }, { "id": "indicator-readiness:3371c6e799fbfa2f7d163a6bad5d", "council_id": "gwydir", "council_name": "Gwydir", "indicator_id": "asset_stewardship", "indicator_label": "Asset stewardship", "input_domains": [ "assets_infrastructure" ], "evidence_record_count": 693, "verified_input_count": 150, "peer_membership_count": 25, "readiness_state": "comparison_ready_with_caveats", "comparison_ready": true, "formula_status": "published_reviewed_definition", "weighting_status": "no_composite_score", "primary_metric_id": "asset-maintenance", "primary_metric_label": "Asset maintenance ratio", "calculation": { "type": "direct", "source_column": 100, "expected_header": "Asset Maintenance Ratio\n(%)", "rounding_digits": 2 }, "unit": "percent", "direction_note": "One hundred per cent indicates reported actual maintenance equals reported required maintenance; higher is not automatically better.", "reporting_period": "2024-25", "source": { "organisation": "NSW Office of Local Government", "title": "Time-Series Data 2024/2025", "url": "https://www.olg.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-05/time-series-data-2024-2025.xlsx" }, "qualification": "The ratio depends on each council's asset condition assessment and accounting treatment." }, { "id": "indicator-readiness:dd93212a9e2bf20e8ec98a7bf4eb", "council_id": "gwydir", "council_name": "Gwydir", "indicator_id": "service_value", "indicator_label": "Service value", "input_domains": [ "service_performance" ], "evidence_record_count": 555, "verified_input_count": 534, "peer_membership_count": 25, "readiness_state": "comparison_ready_with_caveats", "comparison_ready": true, "formula_status": "published_reviewed_definition", "weighting_status": "no_composite_score", "primary_metric_id": "da-days", "primary_metric_label": "Mean development-application assessment time", "calculation": { "type": "direct", "source_column": 25, "expected_header": "Mean Gross Days for Development Applications\n(2025)", "rounding_digits": 1 }, "unit": "gross days", "direction_note": "Application complexity, applicant response time, referral requirements and development mix can affect assessment time.", "reporting_period": "2024-25", "source": { "organisation": "NSW Office of Local Government", "title": "Time-Series Data 2024/2025", "url": "https://www.olg.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-05/time-series-data-2024-2025.xlsx" }, "qualification": "This is one service-performance measure, not a complete measure of service value or planning quality." }, { "id": "indicator-readiness:0ca7aad00da86a397b7389cbc3e4", "council_id": "gwydir", "council_name": "Gwydir", "indicator_id": "transparency", "indicator_label": "Transparency", "input_domains": [ "publication_availability", "governance_integrity" ], "evidence_record_count": 21, "verified_input_count": 8, "peer_membership_count": 25, "readiness_state": "definition_and_formula_review_required", "comparison_ready": false, "formula_status": "not_approved_for_publication", "weighting_status": "no_composite_score", "primary_metric_id": null, "primary_metric_label": null, "calculation": null, "unit": null, "direction_note": null, "reporting_period": null, "source": null, "qualification": "Readiness assessment only. No indicator value is published until definitions, denominators, periods, peer applicability and material inputs pass verification." }, { "id": "indicator-readiness:2e45676d1469cb41ec6bf4e52dc7", "council_id": "hawkesbury", "council_name": "Hawkesbury", "indicator_id": "rates_burden", "indicator_label": "Rates burden", "input_domains": [ "rates" ], "evidence_record_count": 683, "verified_input_count": 683, "peer_membership_count": 21, "readiness_state": "comparison_ready_with_caveats", "comparison_ready": true, "formula_status": "published_reviewed_definition", "weighting_status": "no_composite_score", "primary_metric_id": "residential-rate", "primary_metric_label": "Average residential rate", "calculation": { "type": "direct", "source_column": 38, "expected_header": "Average Residential Rate \n($)", "rounding_digits": 2 }, "unit": "AUD per residential assessment", "direction_note": "A higher amount is not automatically worse; rating structures, land values, annual charges and service responsibilities differ.", "reporting_period": "2024-25", "source": { "organisation": "NSW Office of Local Government", "title": "Time-Series Data 2024/2025", "url": "https://www.olg.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-05/time-series-data-2024-2025.xlsx" }, "qualification": "This is the OLG-published average ordinary residential rate, not an estimate for a particular property or a complete rates notice." }, { "id": "indicator-readiness:096a2480d672ca0566008a87840a", "council_id": "hawkesbury", "council_name": "Hawkesbury", "indicator_id": "fee_burden", "indicator_label": "Fee burden", "input_domains": [ "fees" ], "evidence_record_count": 1637, "verified_input_count": 0, "peer_membership_count": 21, "readiness_state": "provisional_evidence_only", "comparison_ready": false, "formula_status": "not_approved_for_publication", "weighting_status": "no_composite_score", "primary_metric_id": null, "primary_metric_label": null, "calculation": null, "unit": null, "direction_note": null, "reporting_period": null, "source": null, "qualification": "Readiness assessment only. No indicator value is published until definitions, denominators, periods, peer applicability and material inputs pass verification." }, { "id": "indicator-readiness:2f17ff52cd088e2657c844f186c9", "council_id": "hawkesbury", "council_name": "Hawkesbury", "indicator_id": "administrative_efficiency", "indicator_label": "Administrative efficiency", "input_domains": [ "revenue_expenditure", "staffing_governance_costs" ], "evidence_record_count": 1483, "verified_input_count": 1416, "peer_membership_count": 21, "readiness_state": "comparison_ready_with_caveats", "comparison_ready": true, "formula_status": "published_reviewed_definition", "weighting_status": "no_composite_score", "primary_metric_id": "governance-per-resident", "primary_metric_label": "Governance and administration expenditure per resident", "calculation": { "type": "direct", "source_column": 69, "expected_header": "Governance & Administration Expenditure Per Capita \n($)", "rounding_digits": 2 }, "unit": "AUD per resident", "direction_note": "A higher amount can reflect scale, service scope, accounting allocation or one-off items and is not an efficiency finding by itself.", "reporting_period": "2024-25", "source": { "organisation": "NSW Office of Local Government", "title": "Time-Series Data 2024/2025", "url": "https://www.olg.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-05/time-series-data-2024-2025.xlsx" }, "qualification": "Source-published negative values are excluded from comparison and retained as anomalies requiring source explanation." }, { "id": "indicator-readiness:d320d2b37e356ae53fc53d92674a", "council_id": "hawkesbury", "council_name": "Hawkesbury", "indicator_id": "workforce_efficiency", "indicator_label": "Workforce efficiency", "input_domains": [ "staffing_governance_costs" ], "evidence_record_count": 343, "verified_input_count": 276, "peer_membership_count": 21, "readiness_state": "comparison_ready_with_caveats", "comparison_ready": true, "formula_status": "published_reviewed_definition", "weighting_status": "no_composite_score", "primary_metric_id": "fte-per-resident", "primary_metric_label": "FTE staff per 1,000 residents", "calculation": { "type": "ratio", "numerator_path": "fteStaff", "numerator_source_column": 122, "numerator_expected_header": "Full Time Equivalent Staff", "denominator_path": "population", "denominator_source_column": 4, "denominator_expected_header": "Population 2024", "multiplier": 1000 }, "unit": "FTE per 1,000 residents", "direction_note": "A higher staffing rate is not automatically inefficient; service delivery models, water and sewer functions and contracting choices differ.", "reporting_period": "2024-25", "source": { "organisation": "NSW Office of Local Government", "title": "Time-Series Data 2024/2025", "url": "https://www.olg.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-05/time-series-data-2024-2025.xlsx" }, "qualification": "CouncilCheck calculation: OLG full-time-equivalent staff divided by OLG population, multiplied by 1,000." }, { "id": "indicator-readiness:216157ad9b375816c6b94d818bd9", "council_id": "hawkesbury", "council_name": "Hawkesbury", "indicator_id": "financial_sustainability", "indicator_label": "Financial sustainability", "input_domains": [ "financial_health", "revenue_expenditure" ], "evidence_record_count": 1373, "verified_input_count": 1373, "peer_membership_count": 21, "readiness_state": "comparison_ready_with_caveats", "comparison_ready": true, "formula_status": "published_reviewed_definition", "weighting_status": "no_composite_score", "primary_metric_id": "operating-per-resident", "primary_metric_label": "Operating result before capital per resident", "calculation": { "type": "ratio", "numerator_path": "operatingBeforeCapital", "numerator_source_column": 36, "numerator_expected_header": "Net Operating Result Before Capital\n($)", "denominator_path": "population", "denominator_source_column": 4, "denominator_expected_header": "Population 2024", "multiplier": 1 }, "unit": "AUD per resident", "direction_note": "One year does not establish sustainability; 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No indicator value is published until definitions, denominators, periods, peer applicability and material inputs pass verification." }, { "id": "indicator-readiness:5bbaea7286582627c652ede45d61", "council_id": "inner-west", "council_name": "Inner West", "indicator_id": "asset_stewardship", "indicator_label": "Asset stewardship", "input_domains": [ "assets_infrastructure" ], "evidence_record_count": 75, "verified_input_count": 45, "peer_membership_count": 25, "readiness_state": "comparison_ready_with_caveats", "comparison_ready": true, "formula_status": "published_reviewed_definition", "weighting_status": "no_composite_score", "primary_metric_id": "asset-maintenance", "primary_metric_label": "Asset maintenance ratio", "calculation": { "type": "direct", "source_column": 100, "expected_header": "Asset Maintenance Ratio\n(%)", "rounding_digits": 2 }, "unit": "percent", "direction_note": "One hundred per cent indicates reported actual maintenance equals reported required maintenance; higher is not automatically better.", "reporting_period": "2024-25", "source": { "organisation": "NSW Office of Local Government", "title": "Time-Series Data 2024/2025", "url": "https://www.olg.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-05/time-series-data-2024-2025.xlsx" }, "qualification": "The ratio depends on each council's asset condition assessment and accounting treatment." }, { "id": "indicator-readiness:de147ef8d4ca6672eeae8e9f86be", "council_id": "inner-west", "council_name": "Inner West", "indicator_id": "service_value", "indicator_label": "Service value", "input_domains": [ "service_performance" ], "evidence_record_count": 329, "verified_input_count": 240, "peer_membership_count": 25, "readiness_state": "comparison_ready_with_caveats", "comparison_ready": true, "formula_status": "published_reviewed_definition", "weighting_status": "no_composite_score", "primary_metric_id": "da-days", "primary_metric_label": "Mean development-application assessment time", "calculation": { "type": "direct", "source_column": 25, "expected_header": "Mean Gross Days for Development Applications\n(2025)", "rounding_digits": 1 }, "unit": "gross days", "direction_note": "Application complexity, applicant response time, referral requirements and development mix can affect assessment time.", "reporting_period": "2024-25", "source": { "organisation": "NSW Office of Local Government", "title": "Time-Series Data 2024/2025", "url": "https://www.olg.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-05/time-series-data-2024-2025.xlsx" }, "qualification": "This is one service-performance measure, not a complete measure of service value or planning quality." }, { "id": "indicator-readiness:a90c0e4d33dd4b265482805b3ceb", "council_id": "inner-west", "council_name": "Inner West", "indicator_id": "transparency", "indicator_label": "Transparency", "input_domains": [ "publication_availability", "governance_integrity" ], "evidence_record_count": 162, "verified_input_count": 15, "peer_membership_count": 25, "readiness_state": "definition_and_formula_review_required", "comparison_ready": false, "formula_status": "not_approved_for_publication", "weighting_status": "no_composite_score", "primary_metric_id": null, "primary_metric_label": null, "calculation": null, "unit": null, "direction_note": null, "reporting_period": null, "source": null, "qualification": "Readiness assessment only. 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No indicator value is published until definitions, denominators, periods, peer applicability and material inputs pass verification." }, { "id": "indicator-readiness:7871be1d183da9a30833ca018d98", "council_id": "inverell", "council_name": "Inverell", "indicator_id": "administrative_efficiency", "indicator_label": "Administrative efficiency", "input_domains": [ "revenue_expenditure", "staffing_governance_costs" ], "evidence_record_count": 1512, "verified_input_count": 1429, "peer_membership_count": 25, "readiness_state": "comparison_ready_with_caveats", "comparison_ready": true, "formula_status": "published_reviewed_definition", "weighting_status": "no_composite_score", "primary_metric_id": "governance-per-resident", "primary_metric_label": "Governance and administration expenditure per resident", "calculation": { "type": "direct", "source_column": 69, "expected_header": "Governance & Administration Expenditure Per Capita \n($)", "rounding_digits": 2 }, "unit": "AUD per resident", "direction_note": "A higher amount can reflect scale, service scope, accounting allocation or one-off items and is not an efficiency finding by itself.", "reporting_period": "2024-25", "source": { "organisation": "NSW Office of Local Government", "title": "Time-Series Data 2024/2025", "url": "https://www.olg.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-05/time-series-data-2024-2025.xlsx" }, "qualification": "Source-published negative values are excluded from comparison and retained as anomalies requiring source explanation." }, { "id": "indicator-readiness:c10640edbaf08e6e086f8fcc8ce8", "council_id": "inverell", "council_name": "Inverell", "indicator_id": "workforce_efficiency", "indicator_label": "Workforce efficiency", "input_domains": [ "staffing_governance_costs" ], "evidence_record_count": 293, "verified_input_count": 276, "peer_membership_count": 25, "readiness_state": "comparison_ready_with_caveats", "comparison_ready": true, "formula_status": "published_reviewed_definition", "weighting_status": "no_composite_score", "primary_metric_id": "fte-per-resident", "primary_metric_label": "FTE staff per 1,000 residents", "calculation": { "type": "ratio", "numerator_path": "fteStaff", "numerator_source_column": 122, "numerator_expected_header": "Full Time Equivalent Staff", "denominator_path": "population", "denominator_source_column": 4, "denominator_expected_header": "Population 2024", "multiplier": 1000 }, "unit": "FTE per 1,000 residents", "direction_note": "A higher staffing rate is not automatically inefficient; 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No indicator value is published until definitions, denominators, periods, peer applicability and material inputs pass verification." }, { "id": "indicator-readiness:e328a4950e36c87e81efa278484c", "council_id": "mid-coast", "council_name": "Mid-Coast", "indicator_id": "administrative_efficiency", "indicator_label": "Administrative efficiency", "input_domains": [ "revenue_expenditure", "staffing_governance_costs" ], "evidence_record_count": 449, "verified_input_count": 330, "peer_membership_count": 25, "readiness_state": "comparison_ready_with_caveats", "comparison_ready": true, "formula_status": "published_reviewed_definition", "weighting_status": "no_composite_score", "primary_metric_id": "governance-per-resident", "primary_metric_label": "Governance and administration expenditure per resident", "calculation": { "type": "direct", "source_column": 69, "expected_header": "Governance & Administration Expenditure Per Capita \n($)", "rounding_digits": 2 }, "unit": "AUD per resident", "direction_note": "A higher amount can reflect scale, service scope, accounting allocation or one-off items and is not an efficiency finding by itself.", "reporting_period": "2024-25", "source": { "organisation": "NSW Office of Local Government", "title": "Time-Series Data 2024/2025", "url": "https://www.olg.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-05/time-series-data-2024-2025.xlsx" }, "qualification": "Source-published negative values are excluded from comparison and retained as anomalies requiring source explanation." }, { "id": "indicator-readiness:0900e4eb0b82fc6226c92a94188d", "council_id": "mid-coast", "council_name": "Mid-Coast", "indicator_id": "workforce_efficiency", "indicator_label": "Workforce efficiency", "input_domains": [ "staffing_governance_costs" ], "evidence_record_count": 187, "verified_input_count": 150, "peer_membership_count": 25, "readiness_state": "comparison_ready_with_caveats", "comparison_ready": true, "formula_status": "published_reviewed_definition", "weighting_status": "no_composite_score", "primary_metric_id": "fte-per-resident", "primary_metric_label": "FTE staff per 1,000 residents", "calculation": { "type": "ratio", "numerator_path": "fteStaff", "numerator_source_column": 122, "numerator_expected_header": "Full Time Equivalent Staff", "denominator_path": "population", "denominator_source_column": 4, "denominator_expected_header": "Population 2024", "multiplier": 1000 }, "unit": "FTE per 1,000 residents", "direction_note": "A higher staffing rate is not automatically inefficient; 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No indicator value is published until definitions, denominators, periods, peer applicability and material inputs pass verification." }, { "id": "indicator-readiness:8ed1f9926ecd071a6f387abb859a", "council_id": "upper-hunter", "council_name": "Upper Hunter", "indicator_id": "rates_burden", "indicator_label": "Rates burden", "input_domains": [ "rates" ], "evidence_record_count": 458, "verified_input_count": 458, "peer_membership_count": 25, "readiness_state": "comparison_ready_with_caveats", "comparison_ready": true, "formula_status": "published_reviewed_definition", "weighting_status": "no_composite_score", "primary_metric_id": "residential-rate", "primary_metric_label": "Average residential rate", "calculation": { "type": "direct", "source_column": 38, "expected_header": "Average Residential Rate \n($)", "rounding_digits": 2 }, "unit": "AUD per residential assessment", "direction_note": "A higher amount is not automatically worse; rating structures, land values, annual charges and service responsibilities differ.", "reporting_period": "2024-25", "source": { "organisation": "NSW Office of Local Government", "title": "Time-Series Data 2024/2025", "url": "https://www.olg.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-05/time-series-data-2024-2025.xlsx" }, "qualification": "This is the OLG-published average ordinary residential rate, not an estimate for a particular property or a complete rates notice." }, { "id": "indicator-readiness:89bb4c2820679b49f319d54494db", "council_id": "upper-hunter", "council_name": "Upper Hunter", "indicator_id": "fee_burden", "indicator_label": "Fee burden", "input_domains": [ "fees" ], "evidence_record_count": 4827, "verified_input_count": 0, "peer_membership_count": 25, "readiness_state": "provisional_evidence_only", "comparison_ready": false, "formula_status": "not_approved_for_publication", "weighting_status": "no_composite_score", "primary_metric_id": null, "primary_metric_label": null, "calculation": null, "unit": null, "direction_note": null, "reporting_period": null, "source": null, "qualification": "Readiness assessment only. 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No indicator value is published until definitions, denominators, periods, peer applicability and material inputs pass verification." }, { "id": "indicator-readiness:cd2a4dbe52500e52ae8eddf5f641", "council_id": "wollongong", "council_name": "Wollongong", "indicator_id": "rates_burden", "indicator_label": "Rates burden", "input_domains": [ "rates" ], "evidence_record_count": 706, "verified_input_count": 706, "peer_membership_count": 25, "readiness_state": "comparison_ready_with_caveats", "comparison_ready": true, "formula_status": "published_reviewed_definition", "weighting_status": "no_composite_score", "primary_metric_id": "residential-rate", "primary_metric_label": "Average residential rate", "calculation": { "type": "direct", "source_column": 38, "expected_header": "Average Residential Rate \n($)", "rounding_digits": 2 }, "unit": "AUD per residential assessment", "direction_note": "A higher amount is not automatically worse; rating structures, land values, annual charges and service responsibilities differ.", "reporting_period": "2024-25", "source": { "organisation": "NSW Office of Local Government", "title": "Time-Series Data 2024/2025", "url": "https://www.olg.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-05/time-series-data-2024-2025.xlsx" }, "qualification": "This is the OLG-published average ordinary residential rate, not an estimate for a particular property or a complete rates notice." }, { "id": "indicator-readiness:8c978340426e52496e1e5f2dd506", "council_id": "wollongong", "council_name": "Wollongong", "indicator_id": "fee_burden", "indicator_label": "Fee burden", "input_domains": [ "fees" ], "evidence_record_count": 4030, "verified_input_count": 0, "peer_membership_count": 25, "readiness_state": "provisional_evidence_only", "comparison_ready": false, "formula_status": "not_approved_for_publication", "weighting_status": "no_composite_score", "primary_metric_id": null, "primary_metric_label": null, "calculation": null, "unit": null, "direction_note": null, "reporting_period": null, "source": null, "qualification": "Readiness assessment only. No indicator value is published until definitions, denominators, periods, peer applicability and material inputs pass verification." }, { "id": "indicator-readiness:5ce5c3246d415886c4940df38441", "council_id": "wollongong", "council_name": "Wollongong", "indicator_id": "administrative_efficiency", "indicator_label": "Administrative efficiency", "input_domains": [ "revenue_expenditure", "staffing_governance_costs" ], "evidence_record_count": 1433, "verified_input_count": 1386, "peer_membership_count": 25, "readiness_state": "comparison_ready_with_caveats", "comparison_ready": true, "formula_status": "published_reviewed_definition", "weighting_status": "no_composite_score", "primary_metric_id": "governance-per-resident", "primary_metric_label": "Governance and administration expenditure per resident", "calculation": { "type": "direct", "source_column": 69, "expected_header": "Governance & Administration Expenditure Per Capita \n($)", "rounding_digits": 2 }, "unit": "AUD per resident", "direction_note": "A higher amount can reflect scale, service scope, accounting allocation or one-off items and is not an efficiency finding by itself.", "reporting_period": "2024-25", "source": { "organisation": "NSW Office of Local Government", "title": "Time-Series Data 2024/2025", "url": "https://www.olg.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-05/time-series-data-2024-2025.xlsx" }, "qualification": "Source-published negative values are excluded from comparison and retained as anomalies requiring source explanation." }, { "id": "indicator-readiness:1cc8026c9e8ad8aa08cdd67f5704", "council_id": "wollongong", "council_name": "Wollongong", "indicator_id": "workforce_efficiency", "indicator_label": "Workforce efficiency", "input_domains": [ "staffing_governance_costs" ], "evidence_record_count": 311, "verified_input_count": 264, "peer_membership_count": 25, "readiness_state": "comparison_ready_with_caveats", "comparison_ready": true, "formula_status": "published_reviewed_definition", "weighting_status": "no_composite_score", "primary_metric_id": "fte-per-resident", "primary_metric_label": "FTE staff per 1,000 residents", "calculation": { "type": "ratio", "numerator_path": "fteStaff", "numerator_source_column": 122, "numerator_expected_header": "Full Time Equivalent Staff", "denominator_path": "population", "denominator_source_column": 4, "denominator_expected_header": "Population 2024", "multiplier": 1000 }, "unit": "FTE per 1,000 residents", "direction_note": "A higher staffing rate is not automatically inefficient; 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No indicator value is published until definitions, denominators, periods, peer applicability and material inputs pass verification." } ] }