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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Wednesday, November 12, 2014

Congerton Conflict Of Interest Is Confirmed

Conflict of interest is a very serious issue and one that has plagued the Local Government Advisory Board due to the scale and complexity of the Government's local government so-called reform process. This scale and complexity was beyond the ability of the LGAB to influence - although it could have stated that it was unable to consider the 38 proposals as they went well beyond what the Local Government Act envisaged as the role of the Board.

 However, this latest conflict of interest is purely of the Board's making - more specifically of the Chairman of the Board, Mel Congerton.

 For him to express an interest in being appointed a commissioner while the Board was still assessing the proposals creates a clear conflict of interest and, given that he knew what the Board's likely recommendations were at that time, is the moral equivalent of insider trading.

 This is more that just a personal matter for Mr Congerton. It has the potential to bring down everything that the Board has done.
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