包括悉尼市政府（City of Sydney）在内的6个地方议会免遭合并影响。
目前还有九项合并计划因为地方议会采取的相关司法行动而暂停。
新州政府宣布，面临合并的地方议会将被解散。政府周四为每个新成立的地方议会指派了行政负责人和临时经理，直至2017年9月份举行的地方议会选举。
每个地方议会将获得最多1000万澳元用于合并的开支，另外还将获得1500万用于新的社区基础设施。
新州政府负责地方议会的厅长托里说，合并不会影响议会的日常业务运作。
新的地方议会改革还宣布严厉打击不诚实的市议员，并且对市议会选举的政治捐款将不得超过2500澳元。
去年12月，新州州长宣布了对地方议会的改革，计划将新州的152个地方政府削减到113个，如今这个数字是115个。
合并组成的新的19个地方议会包括：
Northern Beaches Council (Manly, Pittwater and Warringah councils)
Queanbeyan-Palerange Regional Council ( Queanbeyan and Palerang)
Armidale Regional Council (Armidale, Dumaresq and Guyra)
Central Coast Council (Gosford and Wyong)
Edward River Council (Conargo and Deniliquin)
Canterbury-Bankstown Council (Bankstown and Canterbury)
Gundagai Council (Cootamundra and Gundagai)
Snowy Monaro Regional Council (Bombala, Cooma Monaro and Snowy River)
Hilltops Council (Boorowa, Harden and Young)
Inner West Council (Ashfield, Leichhardt and Marrickville)
City of Parramatta Council (Parramatta and part of Hills, Auburn, Holroyd and Hornsby)
Cumberland Council (Auburn and Holroyd)
Mid-Coast Council (Gloucester, Great Lakes and Greater Taree)
Murray River Council (Murray and Wakool)
Murrumbidgee Council (Jerilderie and Murrumbidgee)
Snowy Valleys Council (Tumut and Tumbarumba)
Western Plains Regional Council (Dubbo and Wellington)
Federation Council (Corowa and Urana)
Georges River Council (Hurstville and Kogarah)
由于司法行动而暂时中止进行的九项合并计划如下：
- Rockdale and Botany
- Orange, Blayney and Cabonne
- Lane Cove, Hunters Hill and Ryde
- Randwick, Waverley and Woollahra
- Bathurst and Oberon
- Hornsby and Ku-ring-gai
- Mosman, Willoughby and North Sydney
- Canada Bay, Burwood and Strathfield
- Shellharbour and Wollongong
