The Greens’ longest-serving member of Yarra City Council has quit the party after her colleagues restricted public access to council meetings to once a month.
The Greens’ longest-serving member of Yarra City Council has quit the party, after her colleagues restricted public access to council meetings to once a month.
While Stone made her decision in December, her colleagues only learned the news on Sunday when the Greens emailed branch party members, a day before Victorian senatorStone declined to comment on her resignation from the Greens, but it is understood she was angered by the decision in early December when Greens councillor Edward Crossland filed a motion to change the frequency of meetings.
The next morning, Jolly filed a motion to rescind the decision to restrict council meetings to once a month.In a rare move, Stone supported Jolly’s motion, although she was still overseas and could not vote when that bid was put to council days later.
Blacher said a number of elected representatives struggled to distinguish their role as councillors from their party-political allegiances and would use media outlets to feed public controversy.
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