{"id":145759,"date":"2016-05-20T17:50:40","date_gmt":"2016-05-20T07:50:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=145759"},"modified":"2020-08-10T14:09:13","modified_gmt":"2020-08-10T04:09:13","slug":"councillors-free-to-speak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2016\/05\/20\/councillors-free-to-speak\/","title":{"rendered":"Councillors ‘Free To Speak’"},"content":{"rendered":"

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South Burnett Mayor Keith Campbell (Photo: SBRC)<\/figcaption><\/figure>May 20, 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n

South Burnett Mayor Keith Campbell has described as “utter rubbish” a claim published on Facebook that councillors had been stopped from speaking to the public or the media.<\/p>\n

A group which backed several unsuccessful candidates at the recent Local Government elections wrote recently:<\/p>\n

The alleged bullying tactics within Council as told by one of our Divisional representatives of being threatened with a ‘5 months suspension’ if topics are discussed with ‘the public’ is illegal and cannot be allowed to continue. We had the repetitive spiel of ‘communication’ & ‘transparency’ each and every time over and over during their election campaign and even during the newly elected Mayor’s opening speech…. nothing has changed.<\/em><\/p>\n

Mayor Campbell said councillors were free to speak, especially about issues affecting their portfolio roles.<\/p>\n

He said some may request that questions be put in writing, especially those councillors that were still new to the process and “finding their feet”.<\/p>\n

However, he admitted he would be disappointed if once Council had voted to decide an issue, councillors then spoke in the media against Council’s adopted position.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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