Councils in Queensland do not set the salaries of Councillors.
Rather that has been the role of The Local Government Remuneration and Discipline Tribunal. Their 2018 Report set the following rates of councillor remuneration to apply from 1 July 2019:
| Role | Noosa | SCRC |
| Mayor | $130,584 | $228,521 |
| Deputy Mayor | $81,615 | $158,332 |
| Councillor | $69,372 | $138,745 |
NB These figures are based on the size of the council and do not include the 12% superannuation contribution or expenses paid to councillors in addition to their base salary.
From 31 December 2018 the Local Government Remuneration and Discipline Tribunal ceased to exist and its functions have been taken up by two new bodies:
Councillor Conduct Tribunal
The Councillor Conduct Tribunal has been established under the Local Government (Councillor Complaints) and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2018 which amends the Local Government Act 2009.
The Tribunal is an independent body, made up of six members and a president appointed by the Governor in Council. It is responsible for dealing with complaints of misconduct by councillors.
The Department of Local Government, Racing and Multicultural Affairs provides administrative and secretariat assistance to the Tribunal to enable it to effectively perform its responsibilities.
The functions of the Tribunal are:
- to hear and decide complaints of misconduct by councillors as referred by the Office of the Independent Assessor
- to investigate the suspected inappropriate conduct of a councillor referred to the local government, by the assessor and to be dealt with by the local government
- to make recommendations to the local government about dealing with the conduct.
Local Government Remuneration Commission
To be also established this year under the Local Government (Councillor Complaints) and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2018 which amends the Local Government Act 2009:
