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{{About|the council established in 1996 seated at Kapunda|the municipality seated at Freeling from 1977 to 1996 |District Council of Light (1977–1996)|the municipality seated at Mallala from 1935 to 1937|Adelaide Plains Council|the municipality seated at Freeling from 1867 to 1892|District Council of Light (1867–1892)}}
{{Use Australian English|date=May 2018}}
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{{Infobox Australian place | type = lga 
| name     = Light Regional Council
| state    = sa
| image    = Light LGA.png
| caption  = Location of Light Regional Council in blue
| pop      = <!--leave blank to draw the latest automatically from Wikidata-->
| density  =12,36 
| area     = 1277.6
| est      = 1996
| seat     = [[Kapunda, South Australia|Kapunda]]
| mayor = Michael Philips-Ryder (Acting)<ref name="elected">{{cite web | url=https://www.light.sa.gov.au/yourcouncil/elected-members/current-elected-members | title=Elected Members | publisher=Light Regional Council | accessdate=19 March 2025}}</ref>
| region   = [[Barossa Light and Lower North]]<ref name=region>{{cite web|title=Barossa, Light and Lower North SA Government region|url=http://www.sa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/23378/Barossa_Light_and_Lower_North_SA_Government_region.pdf|publisher=The Government of South Australia|accessdate=10 October 2014}}</ref>
| logo     = LightRegionalCouncil.png
| url      = http://www.light.sa.gov.au/
| stategov = [[Electoral district of Light|Light]], [[Electoral district of Schubert|Schubert]]
| fedgov   = [[Division of Barker|Barker]]
| fedgov2 = [[Division of Grey|Grey]]
| fedgov3 = [[Division of Spence|Spence]]
| near-nw  = [[Wakefield Regional Council]]
| near-n   = [[District Council of Clare and Gilbert Valleys]]
| near-ne  = [[Regional Council of Goyder]]
| near-e   = [[Mid Murray Council]]
| near-w   = [[Adelaide Plains Council]]
| near-sw  = [[City of Playford]]
| near-s   = [[Town of Gawler]]
| near-se  = [[Barossa Council]]
}}
'''Light Regional Council''' is a [[Local government in Australia|local government area]] north of [[Adelaide]] in [[South Australia]]. It is based in the town of [[Kapunda, South Australia|Kapunda]], and includes the towns of [[Freeling, South Australia|Freeling]], [[Greenock, South Australia|Greenock]], [[Hansborough, South Australia|Hansborough]], [[Hewett, South Australia|Hewett]], [[Roseworthy, South Australia|Roseworthy]] and [[Wasleys, South Australia|Wasleys]].

The council is named for the [[Light River (South Australia)|River Light]], the south bank of which forms much of the council area's northwest border.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb |title=Property Location Browser: Search for 'Light River, STRM' |accessdate=18 December 2015 |date=10 January 2011 |id=SA0039327 |publisher=[[Government of South Australia]]}}</ref> The river is named after [[William Light]], the first [[Surveyor-General of South Australia]].

==History==
The council came into existence on 1 March 1996 as the '''District Council of Light and Kapunda''' by the amalgamation of the [[District Council of Light (1977–1996)|District Council of Light]] and the [[District Council of Kapunda]]. The council changed to the current name of Light Regional Council on 1 July 2000.<ref>{{Cite journal |journal=[[South Australian Government Gazette]] |title=LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1934 SECTIONS 7 AND 15: AMALGAMATION OF THE DISTRICT COUNCIL OF KAPUNDA AND THE DISTRICT COUNCIL OF LIGHT |url=http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/other/sa_gazette/1996/11.pdf |date=25 January 1996 |pages=804–806}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.light.sa.gov.au/webdata/resources/files/Welcome%20Pack%20Sept%202015.pdf |title=Welcome Pack |publisher=Light Regional Council |accessdate=31 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160331045630/http://www.light.sa.gov.au/webdata/resources/files/Welcome%20Pack%20Sept%202015.pdf |archive-date=31 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Geography==

The council includes the localities of [[Allendale North, South Australia|Allendale North]], [[Bagot Well, South Australia|Bagot Well]], [[Bethel, South Australia|Bethel]], [[Daveyston, South Australia|Daveyston]], [[Ebenezer, South Australia|Ebenezer]], [[Fords, South Australia|Fords]], [[Freeling, South Australia|Freeling]], [[Gawler Belt, South Australia|Gawler Belt]], [[Gawler River, South Australia|Gawler River]], [[Gomersal, South Australia|Gomersal]], [[Greenock, South Australia|Greenock]], [[Hamilton, South Australia|Hamilton]], [[Hewett, South Australia|Hewett]], [[Kangaroo Flat, South Australia|Kangaroo Flat]], [[Kapunda, South Australia|Kapunda]], [[Kingsford, South Australia|Kingsford]], [[Koonunga, South Australia|Koonunga]], [[Linwood, South Australia|Linwood]], [[Magdala, South Australia|Magdala]], [[Marananga, South Australia|Marananga]], [[Moppa, South Australia|Moppa]], [[Morn Hill, South Australia|Morn Hill]], [[Nain, South Australia|Nain]], [[Pinkerton Plains, South Australia|Pinkerton Plains]], [[Roseworthy, South Australia|Roseworthy]], [[Seppeltsfield, South Australia|Seppeltsfield]], [[Shea-Oak Log, South Australia|Shea-Oak Log]], [[St Johns, South Australia|St Johns]], [[St Kitts, South Australia|St Kitts]], [[Stone Well, South Australia|Stone Well]], [[Tanunda, South Australia|Tanunda]], [[Templers, South Australia|Templers]], [[Ward Belt, South Australia|Ward Belt]], [[Wasleys, South Australia|Wasleys]] and [[Woolsheds, South Australia|Woolsheds]], and parts of [[Hamley Bridge, South Australia|Hamley Bridge]], [[Hansborough, South Australia|Hansborough]], [[Lyndoch, South Australia|Lyndoch]], [[Nuriootpa, South Australia|Nuriootpa]], [[Reeves Plains, South Australia|Reeves Plains]], [[Rosedale, South Australia|Rosedale]], [[Rowland Flat, South Australia|Rowland Flat]], [[Stockwell, South Australia|Stockwell]] and [[Truro, South Australia|Truro]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.location.sa.gov.au/viewer/ | title=Location SA Map Viewer | publisher=Government of South Australia | accessdate=31 March 2016}}</ref>

==Transport==
The council district is crossed by the [[Horrocks Highway]], [[Thiele Highway]] and [[Sturt Highway]], all radiating from the northern end of the [[Gawler Bypass Road]] which forms the boundary between Light Regional Council and the [[Town of Gawler]]. Light also contains the northern end of the [[Max Fatchen Expressway]].

The council was also spanned by the [[Morgan railway line]] ([[Gawler, South Australia|Gawler]], [[Roseworthy, South Australia|Roseworthy]], [[Freeling, South Australia|Freeling]], [[Kapunda, South Australia|Kapunda]] toward [[Eudunda, South Australia|Eudunda]]) and [[Peterborough railway line]] (from the junction at [[Roseworthy, South Australia|Roseworthy]] through [[Wasleys, South Australia|Wasleys]] toward [[Hamley Bridge, South Australia|Hamley Bridge]]). Both lines closed in the early 21st century.

==Councillors==

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Ward!!colspan="2"|Councillor!!Notes
|-
| rowspan="1"|Acting Mayor<ref name="elected" />
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}|&nbsp;|| Michael Phillips-Ryder <ref name="Acting Mayor 2025">{{cite web | url=https://www.light.sa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0029/1772840/OCM20250304MIN207_EXTRA.PDF | title=Minutes of the Special Council Meeting of Light Regional Council Tuesday 4 March 2025 | publisher=Light Regional Council | accessdate=19 March 2025}}</ref> || 
|-
| rowspan="3"|Dutton<ref name="elected" />
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}|&nbsp;|| Colin Ross|| 
|-
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}|&nbsp;|| Deane Rohrlach || 
|-
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}|&nbsp;|| Fabio Antonioli || 
|-
| rowspan="3"|Light<ref name="elected" />
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}|&nbsp;|| Lynette Reichstein || 
|-
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}|&nbsp;|| Peter Kennelly || 
|-
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}|&nbsp;|| Simon Zeller || 
|-
| rowspan="2"|Mudla Wirra<ref name="elected" />
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}|&nbsp;|| Alyson Emery || 
|-
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}|&nbsp;|| Bill Close || 
|-
|}

The Light Regional Council has a directly elected mayor.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.ecsa.sa.gov.au/component/edocman/light-results-statistics-5-sheets-2/download?Itemid=0;XLS | title=Election Results 2022 | format=xlsx | publisher=Electoral Commission of South Australia | accessdate=19 March 2025}}</ref>

On 18 March 2025 Michael Phillips-Ryder commenced as Acting Mayor for the Light Regional Council following the resignation of former Mayor, Bill O'Brien, at a Special Council Meeting on 4 March 2025 with the Council voting for Michael Phillips-Ryder to act in the role in the interim <ref name="Acting Mayor 2025">{{cite web | url=https://www.light.sa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0029/1772840/OCM20250304MIN207_EXTRA.PDF | title=Minutes of the Special Council Meeting of Light Regional Council Tuesday 4 March 2025 | publisher=Light Regional Council | accessdate=19 March 2025}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Light River (South Australia)|Light River]]
*[[List of parks and gardens in rural South Australia]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.light.sa.gov.au/ Official site]

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