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Council is increasingly being asked to indicate its position on specific matters that are occurring locally, regionally, nationally and internationally. In doing so, Council is also regularly asked to undertake advocacy in line with that position.
The purpose of this policy is to define when and how Council may, and when it will not, establish a formal position on a specific matter and/or undertake advocacy activities in relation to that matter.