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THE STATE’S council watchdog was probing five complaints into the conduct of Ipswich councillors, with another progressing to the next stage of investigation, up until the end of last year.
That is according to the Office of the Independent Assessor’s latest publicly available data.
The OIA says it cannot confirm which councillors the complaints relate to and whether they come from after last year’s council election.
It could not confirm how many investigations are still open as of this month.
Prior to the 2020 local government elections, the OIA said it could “revisit” investigations put on hold concerning former Ipswich councillors if they were re-elected.
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A complaint against an unnamed former Gympie councillor of giving false information to the public late last year has been thrown out by the State’s local government watchdog.
The anonymous complaint accused the former Gympie representative of providing “false information to the community on December 9 and 19, 2020, in relation to planning instruments”.
The Office of the Independent Assessor dismissed the allegation saying it failed to raise “reasonable suspicion of inappropriate conduct or misconduct by a councillor”. It is the fourth complaint about comments made on social media to be resolved in the past six months; one against Bruce Devereaux was dismissed last week. Picture: Shane Zahner
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Brisbane Greens councillor Jonathan Sri reprimanded for inappropriate conduct
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FebFebruary 2021 at 6:39am
Jonathan Sri, pictured in August 2019 at a climate rally, has been reprimanded by the council s ethics committee.
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Greens councillor Jonathan Sri has been reprimanded for inappropriate conduct by Brisbane City Council s councillor ethics committee over social media comments on renters issues last year.
Key points:
The bipartisan ethics committee found on balance that he had acted inappropriately
Cr Sri denied he did anything wrong and said his offer fell within the bounds of council ward business
Today the committee heard that in March last year a complaint made to the Office of the Independent Assessor alleged Cr Sri had offered to use council resources to find landlords postal addresses and provide them to renters in order to negotiate rental reductions during lockdown.