Only a handful of councils are publicly recording councillors’ meetings with developers, despite advice from a watchdog to do so.
Only four of 79 Victorian councils have a public register of interactions between councillors and developers.
to councils two years ago that they should create policies to guide councillor interactions with developers and maintain a public register of such interactions, although it is not a requirement under the Local Government Act. The advice came after IBAC began hearing damning evidence about the Casey saga.But as it stands, only four out of 79 councils have moved to implement developer contact registers: Whitehorse, Merri-bek, Dandenong and Kingston.
In a fourth attempt last August, Councillor Josh Fergeus managed to convince his colleagues to attend a briefing with the inspectorate, but not to implement a register.Fergeus said most councillors would not be transparent about meetings or phone calls with developers unless forced by law, and he believed that had harmed councils’ standing in the community.
He said he had met with developers himself, with other councillors at group briefings, but he declined such invitations now.
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