Standards Panel 2019-10 / PUBLIC APOLOGY COUNCILLOR BENJAMIN BELL

Published on Tuesday, 23 March 2021 at 11:34:58 AM

A complaint was made to the Local Government Standards Panel, in which it was alleged that I contravened the Local Government (Rules of Conduct) Regulations 2007 (WA) when I made several false, misleading and derogatory Facebook Posts on 10 February 2019.

The Panel found that I breached Regulation 7 (1)(b) of the said Regulations three times as my conduct was in breach of the Shire’s Code of Conduct and deserving of a penalty and, further, my comments were misleading and likely to cause detriment to Mr Stan Scott and Cr Therese Chitty

I accept that I should not have made the relevant comments.

I now apologise to Mr Stan Scott, Cr Therese Chitty my fellow Councillors and the public.

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