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Off with the lot: Rosebud Primary School pupils Zoe McGrath and Zali Webber cut their hair for cancer research. Picture: Yanni
Shaving for a cure ROSEBUD Primary School grade 6 pupils Zali Webber and Zoe McGrath took the plunge and had their heads shaved last week while raising $3000 for the Cancer Council. The girls’ hair will be donated to Wigs for Kids which makes wigs for children having cancer treatment. Grade 6 classroom teacher Ben Hallas said a crowd of fellow pupils, family and friends watched the shave and cheered the girls on. “They received congratulations from everyone involved,� he said.
Four-month delay on costs Neil Walker neil@mpnews.com.au THE full extent of Mornington Peninsula Shire councillors’ expenses during their 2012-16 term has finally been officially disclosed after months of stalling. The shire’s 11 former councillors, including three re-elected last month, racked up $616,712 on ratepayer-funded expenses over four years.
Neighbouring Frankston and Kingston councils – with nine councillors apiece - spent $205,329 and $101,807 respectively over the same period. Those two councils, unlike the shire, published a breakdown of councillors’ expenses in annual reports in each year of the previous four-year council term. The expenses are separate to councillors’ $28,907 yearly remuneration plus 9.5 per cent superan-
nuation; $92,333 for the mayor over a 12-month mayoral term. The shire only began publishing councillors’ expenses in its annual report in 2014-15, the first financial year it was forced to make expenses public after a legislative change by the state government. The News repeatedly asked council for the 2012-16 expenses figures in the lead up to council elections. The first request was made in July.
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Shire media communications manager Mark Kestigian subsequently said council governance manager Joe Spiteri decided expenses figures could not be provided during a 20 September-22 October caretaker period before council elections. Last week it was revealed about $480,000 worth of expenses figures spent over three years were listed in documents marked “confidential� given to councillors in March, four
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months before The News first asked for the expenses figures (“Shire’s councillors are costly�, The News 15/11/16). At last Monday evening’s first public meeting of the new council term, one of the three re-elected councillors – Cr Hugh Fraser - proposed a review of the councillors’ expenses policy by February next year. All councillors – including eight newly elected councillors – backed the motion. Continued Page 9
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