Conflict of interest reforms introduced

The Victorian Government has announced reforms to councillor conflict of interest legislation to ease the burden on councillors.

The changes increase the threshold for reporting gifts to $500 and exempts gifts that were received more than 12 months before a councillor assumed office.

Club membership will not by itself be grounds for conflict of interest and an `assembly of councillors' is refined to include advisory committees and planned or scheduled meetings involving at least half the councillors.

The changes will also prohibit councils from publication or distribution of...

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