This bill seeks to amend the Local Government Act 2002 and better align the transparency requirements of local elected members with that of members of Parliament and the Executive Council. Can I, firstly, acknowledge my colleague the Hon Priyanca Radhakrishnan for her work in originally placing this bill into the ballot. As a new member, I was very comfortable to take this bill forward, and the reason for that is because the purpose of this bill is quite simply to improve transparency, but also to strengthen public trust and confidence in the decision-making process of and for local authorities up and down the country. 