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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.
Brisbane Greens councillor Jonathan Sri reprimanded for inappropriate conduct
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Jonathan Sri, pictured in August 2019 at a climate rally, has been reprimanded by the council s ethics committee.
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Greens councillor Jonathan Sri has been reprimanded for inappropriate conduct by Brisbane City Council s councillor ethics committee over social media comments on renters issues last year.
Key points:
The bipartisan ethics committee found on balance that he had acted inappropriately
Cr Sri denied he did anything wrong and said his offer fell within the bounds of council ward business
Today the committee heard that in March last year a complaint made to the Office of the Independent Assessor alleged Cr Sri had offered to use council resources to find landlords postal addresses and provide them to renters in order to negotiate rental reductions during lockdown.