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Tuesday, October 20, 2015

Another one bites the dust - but will Simpson keep him on?

I don't know whether Mel Congerton was a good councillor for City of Swan, but he certainly compromised the independence of the Local Government Advisory Board in the local government so-called reform process.

The question is whether Local Government Minister, Tony Simpson, will keep him as Chair of the LGAB now that he has been defeated by the now-youngest councillor in the Metropolitan area. Under the Local Government Act, the Minister's nomination to the LGAB, who is required to be the Chair of the board, is not required to be an elected member of a local government.

And will WALGA have a view on this?
https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/wa/a/29853911/younger-faces-take-places-on-councils
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  1. AnonymousOctober 26, 2015 at 10:48 PM

    The Robson Report recommended against using the LGAB in the process of the council amalgamation for that very reason. Despite warnings about Board members potential conflict of interest the Minister ignored it only to realise too late in the day it was a reality. As a result, a feeble attempt was made to ‘correct’ it by rescinding the provision in the Act but as we saw, it only applied to submissions within a certain timeframe and during a specific task. All other submissions and activities outside the said timeframe were still subject to the conflict of interest provisions in the Act and for that matter similar restriction bestowed upon any Board members by the virtue of their membership of other organization.
    In that regard at least two Board members failed the pub test.

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