Censorship row erupts in council ethics meeting over police racism post
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Brisbane City Councilâs Labor opposition has raised concerns about the censorship of elected representativesâ views during a meeting of the local governmentâs ethics committee that resulted in a Greens councillor being reprimanded for criticism of the police.
The meeting was called on Tuesday for a case involving Greens Gabba councillor Jonathan Sriâs online comments last year describing Australian police as âracist and violentâ when sharing a video of a NSW police officerâs alleged assault of a 16-year-old Aboriginal boy last year.
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Subscriber only South Burnett mayor Brett Otto has cleared councillor Scott Henschen of an allegation made by his former campaign manager, Judith Ann Schultz, that he engaged in inappropriate conduct. Ms Schulz identified herself as the complainant in various social media posts. In a media conference held this morning (April 19), Mayor Otto and council CEO Mark Pitt said a decision had been made to clear Cr Henschen of the allegations based on findings by the Council Complaints Tribunal, after the matter was referred to the Office of Independent Assessor in June 2020. Appointed as investigative decision maker in accordance with SBRC s Councillor Conduct Investigation Policy in March, Cr Otto said after careful consideration he found there was no finding of any breach of the Code of Conduct for Counsellors .