❓ Hon Peter Collier asks about serious misconduct complaints against City of Melville councillors who received electoral gifts from the Alfred Cove Action Group. The Minister declines to provide specific details due to confidentiality but offers a briefing on the complaints handling process.
AnsweredQoN 820Legislative Council
QuestionView source ↗
CITY OF MELVILLE — MISCONDUCT ALLEGATIONS
820. Hon PETER COLLIER to the Leader of the House representing the Minister for Local Government:
I refer the minister to the City of
Melville.
(1) Have any serious misconduct complaints been made
against any elected councillors that registered electoral gifts from the
Alfred Cove Action Group?
(2) If yes to
(1), have any been vetted by the Corruption and Crime Commission and passed on
to the� Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries for
action over the past 12 months; and, if yes, how many?
(3) If yes to (1), how many of these complaints have
been dealt with and what was the median time for resolution?
(4) If yes to
(1), what is the status of the remaining complaints that have not been dealt
with?
820. Hon PETER COLLIER to the Leader of the House representing the Minister for Local Government:
I refer the minister to the City of
Melville.
(1) Have any serious misconduct complaints been made
against any elected councillors that registered electoral gifts from the
Alfred Cove Action Group?
(2) If yes to
(1), have any been vetted by the Corruption and Crime Commission and passed on
to the� Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries for
action over the past 12 months; and, if yes, how many?
(3) If yes to (1), how many of these complaints have
been dealt with and what was the median time for resolution?
(4) If yes to
(1), what is the status of the remaining complaints that have not been dealt
with?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the honourable member for some
notice of the question.
(1)–(4) The
Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries advises that due
to applicable confidentiality provisions of
the Local Government Act 1995, it cannot disclose specific information on
individual complaints or complaints about specific elected councillors.
However, if the honourable member would like a briefing regarding the
complaints handling process outlined in the Local Government Act 1995, the
minister would be pleased to arrange one.
�In regard to the
City of Melville generally, the department has received 10 complaints relating
to alleged serious breaches and 48 complaints related to alleged minor breaches
since January 2019. The department publishes information on complaints handled
by the Local Government Standards Panel. The 2020–21 annual report for
the standards panel was tabled in the Legislative Assembly on 15 September
2021. I will check that it was tabled in here as well. The annual report
identifies that the average time taken to finalise complaints made to the
standards panel concerning all local governments in 2020–21 was 145 days.
notice of the question.
(1)–(4) The
Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries advises that due
to applicable confidentiality provisions of
the Local Government Act 1995, it cannot disclose specific information on
individual complaints or complaints about specific elected councillors.
However, if the honourable member would like a briefing regarding the
complaints handling process outlined in the Local Government Act 1995, the
minister would be pleased to arrange one.
�In regard to the
City of Melville generally, the department has received 10 complaints relating
to alleged serious breaches and 48 complaints related to alleged minor breaches
since January 2019. The department publishes information on complaints handled
by the Local Government Standards Panel. The 2020–21 annual report for
the standards panel was tabled in the Legislative Assembly on 15 September
2021. I will check that it was tabled in here as well. The annual report
identifies that the average time taken to finalise complaints made to the
standards panel concerning all local governments in 2020–21 was 145 days.
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