Local government supports the Code of Conduct changes
Published 18th September 2023
The local government sector welcomes the recent changes to the Code of Conduct framework that passed Parliament last week. These changes are long overdue, with consultation on the changes first occurring in mid-2021.
LGAT President and Break O’Day Mayor Mick Tucker said “improving the Code of Conduct is a high priority for the sector, as the current framework is failing us,” he said.
“The current system spends unnecessary time and resources on dealing with trivial matters, while on the occasions when serious misconduct occurs, the framework fails to sanction the breaches adequately.
These shortcomings are at the core of the local government sector’s concerns over the framework,” he said.