(c) That's wrong. 

You were asked to select the incorrect statement.

It is true that local governments are properly described as forming a ‘third tier’ of government in Australia.

It is also true that local governments have the power to create laws that are known as ‘by-laws’. 

It is incorrect to say that the councillors that make up local governments in Australia are appointed by the relevant state government.  The councillors that make up local governments are elected periodically by voters.

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