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Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk is sorry public servants “felt” ignored when they tried to blow the whistle and says she doesn’t have a problem with increasing the lobbyist watchdog’s independence.
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Outspoken Gold Coast Mayor Tom Tate has joined the chorus of complaints against the State body that scrutinises the integrity of local councils, claiming one investigation into clumsy comments he made about Chinese people eating cats had already cost local ratepayers around $50,000.
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Queensland’s mayors and local government councillors are too afraid to meet property developers due to the risk of being accused of misconduct and hauled before a powerful disciplinary body, the Property Council claims.
Local council leaders have voted down a bid to introduce a $200 fee for any complaint about their conduct made to the local government watchdog.
Deputy Premier Steven Miles has revealed more concerns about the behaviour of the integrity watchdog charged with ensuring proper conduct among Queensland ‘s 77 local councils.
Local councils are set to demand the Palaszczuk Government start charging an “administration fee” of $200 to people who want to lodge a complaint about misconduct by councillors.
The Palaszcuk Government has bowed to pressure to do something about the actions of one of its agencies after a furore over its investigation of an outback mayor who publicly criticised the vaccine rollout in his region.
