The South Australian government will introduce a bill to state parliament today to prevent dozens of council by-elections caused by elected members failing to return forms declaring gifts to their campaigns.
Forty-five elected members lost their positions for not submitting their gift disclosure forms by the deadlineThe opposition wants an independent investigation into what happened
Burnside councillor Ted Jennings welcomed the proposed changes, saying it was "absolutely fabulous news". Most of the ousted elected members had lodged appeals with the South Australian Civil and Administrative Tribunal, giving various excuses for not submitting their forms on time.Ted Jennings looks set to have his position on the Burnside council reinstated.
"The consequence of not acting on this would be hundreds of thousands of dollars of likely extra costs for ratepayers," Mr Maher said."I obviously did not pay close enough attention, and I'm glad I can put this all behind us if this goes through in parliament," he said.
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