Drupal is a free, open-source website platform used by a large number of Australian and New Zealand government organisations, including many local councils. It is maintained by a global developer community and the Drupal Association. Symphony3 is a specialist Drupal implementation for local government, building and managing council websites and digital forms platforms on Drupal across Austrlia.
The Australian Government has historically recommended Drupal as a preferred website platform for government, and it is used across federal, state, and local government entities. Drupal supports the WCAG 2.1 AA accessibility standards that Australian government websites are required to meet. Council websites delivered by Symphony3 on Drupal include Ararat Rural City Council, Golden Plains Shire Council, and City of Greater Bendigo, and more.
As an open-source platform, Drupal gives councils the ability to create the user experiences they want, without being constrained by a vendor's fixed feature set or licensing restrictions.