PHOTO: The NSW Government proposes new rules for how local councillors must behave and how any breaches are investigated. PHOTO: River McCrossen
Local government councillors would be subject to the same public disclosure rules as NSW parliamentarians under code of conduct changes proposed by the Government.
The proposed changes would also largely ban private council staff briefings to councillors, remove private investigators from council conduct processes.
In a separate move, the changes suggest ‘local government privileges committees’ should be established to assess behaviour complaints.
Submissions are open until close of business on Friday 15 November for a discussion paper outlining the NSW Government proposals aimed at making local government more transparent…