Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) A local government may, by resolution, authorise either or both of the following--
(a) payment of the reasonable expenses incurred, or to be incurred, by the local government's councillors for discharging their duties and responsibilities as councillors;
(b) provision of facilities, including, for example, administrative support staff, to the councillors for discharging their duties and responsibilities as councillors.
(2) The local government may authorise payment or provision of facilities under subsection (1) only if the payment or provision complies with the local government's expenses reimbursement policy approved under section 250AR.
(3) However, if a councillor of the local government is entitled to receive a benefit or entitlement from the local government because of the councillor's position as a councillor, the councillor may elect to take a lesser amount than the amount provided for under the expenses reimbursement policy.