A follow up question from Mr Clifford Hayes, MP in the upper house at State Parliament representing Southern Metropoliton Electorate regarding what Ex-Minister Somyurek said to Council in his April 2nd 2019 “show cause” notice.

Question Number. 2723    MR HAYES — To ask the Minister for Local Government: 
In relation to the former Minister for Local Government, the Hon Adem Somyurek’s correspondence to the South Gippsland Shire Council of 2 April 2019, which stated “I will make the monitor report and any Council or Councillor responses public once any submissions from the Council have been duly considered”, and noting the Minister’s response to Question on Notice No. 1876, which stated that “It would not be appropriate for me to release correspondence that has not been endorsed by a Council”:

(1)     Does this response mean that the Minister does not intend to honour the undertaking of the former Minister and make publicly available the response by the South Gippsland Shire Council, the individual submission by Councillor Aaron Brown, and the legal submission by Kellehers Lawyers.

(2)     If Councillors release their own submissions, as the Minister’s response to Question on Notice No. 1876 suggests they are free to do, would this be a breach of the Local Government Act or any other local government rule.

Despite the previous question asked by Mr Hayes back in March that took 5 months to get a response, this question should be answered within 30 days.