❓ Mr. Templeman questions the Minister for Local Government's confidence in the Lord Mayor of Perth following allegations disclosed in a report. The Minister clarifies his lack of power to remove an elected council member under the Local Government Act 1995.
AnsweredQoN 243Legislative Assembly
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CORRUPTION
AND CRIME COMMISSION REPORT — LORD MAYOR
243. Mr D.A. TEMPLEMAN to the Minister
for Local Government:
I have a supplementary question.
Does the minister have confidence in the Lord Mayor of Perth, given the serious
allegations that have now been disclosed in his department's report;
and, if he does not believe she should resign, why not?
AND CRIME COMMISSION REPORT — LORD MAYOR
243. Mr D.A. TEMPLEMAN to the Minister
for Local Government:
I have a supplementary question.
Does the minister have confidence in the Lord Mayor of Perth, given the serious
allegations that have now been disclosed in his department's report;
and, if he does not believe she should resign, why not?
AnswerView source ↗
Can I just make one thing very
clear: the Local Government Act 1995 does not make it the minister's
choice to sack any elected member of a council. I make that very, very clear.
The act does not allow us to do that.
Mr
D.A. Templeman interjected.
The
SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, do you want to have a rest?
Mr
A.J. SIMPSON : Whether we are talking about who should resign or what should
go on, more importantly, it is my job to implement the Local Government Act.
Mr
D.A. Templeman : You haven't done your job.
Mr
A.J. SIMPSON : I have. Member of the opposition, I have followed the act all
the way. I have followed it to a T, and I will follow it from now on in. The
director general will go through that process and we will get to the bottom of
it.
clear: the Local Government Act 1995 does not make it the minister's
choice to sack any elected member of a council. I make that very, very clear.
The act does not allow us to do that.
Mr
D.A. Templeman interjected.
The
SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, do you want to have a rest?
Mr
A.J. SIMPSON : Whether we are talking about who should resign or what should
go on, more importantly, it is my job to implement the Local Government Act.
Mr
D.A. Templeman : You haven't done your job.
Mr
A.J. SIMPSON : I have. Member of the opposition, I have followed the act all
the way. I have followed it to a T, and I will follow it from now on in. The
director general will go through that process and we will get to the bottom of
it.
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