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❓ Mr. Templeman raises concerns about potential conflicts of interest arising from local government planners providing private services to developers. The Minister's response deflects responsibility to local government CEOs and existing legislation.

AnsweredQoN 5833Legislative Assembly

Asked

6 September 2016

Member

Mr D.A. Templeman

Portfolio

Local Government

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Is the Minister aware that local government planners are also providing private, contracted advice and work for developers, and if so: (a) does the Department or Minister acknowledge the conflict of interest concerns this raises; and (b) are there any Departmental policies that address such a conflict of interest?

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Answered

12 October 2016

Responded by

Minister for Local Government

Response time

36 days

(a) The management of local government employees is the responsibility of the Chief Executive Officer. The Local Government Act 1995 requires employees to disclose any interest relating to their delegated functions or other matters on which they are advising or reporting to the local government.
(b) As the employers responsible for these planners, local governments are required to have procedures in place to deal with conflicts of interest.

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