Local councils in New South Wales from time to time make development applications seeking consent to carry out development on land they own, occupy or otherwise control while at the same time being the consent authority responsible for determining the…
On 20 May 2022, the Independent Commission Against Corruption (‘ICAC‘) released its report on the investigation (‘Operation Ember‘) into the awarding of contracts by employees of the former NSW Roads and Maritime Services (‘RMS‘), which is now part of Transport…
What is a non-pecuniary conflict of interest?
30 May, 2021
On 4 May 2021, a Principal Member of the Occupational Division of the New South Wales Civil and Administrative Tribunal (‘NCAT‘) found that a Sydney metropolitan council’s mayor had a non-pecuniary conflict of interest in a matter which caused him…