This is the personal blog of Ian Ker, who was Councillor for the South Ward of the Town of Vincent from 1995 to 2009. I have been a resident of this area since 1985. This blog was originally conceived as a way of letting residents of Vincent know what I have been doing and sharing thoughts on important issues. I can now use it to sound off about things that concern me.

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Thursday, November 14, 2013

Does The Premier Understand Conflict of Interest?

I have previously asked the rhetorical questions "Does the Premier Understand Fairness?" and "Does the Premier Understand Due Process?" in this blog.

I am now forced to ask whether he understands the concept of conflict of interest. Hot on the heels of his asking us to trust him about negotiating a sale of the Kwinana grain terminal to Len Buckridge at the same time as the people of WA are being sued by Buckridge for $1billion, he is set to reward Chevron for buying into his Elizabeth Quay development by giving concessions for its own developments in the North West.

Now it might be that both deals are above board and in the interests of the people of WA (and pigs might fly), but he can hardly blame us for thinking that his giving away A-class reserve land with no environmental offsets must be a pay-off for something else.
http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/newshome/19829212/barnett-defends-quay-land-sale
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