By Jeremy Sollars
Southern Downs Councillor Cameron Gow has not responded to a query from the Free Times relating to a formal complaint of inappropriate conduct lodged against him late last year.
As reported last week, Cr Gow was reprimanded for inappropriate conduct in December last year after a formal complaint was made to Mayor Tracy Dobie, it has been revealed.
The complaint was received on 25 November 2016, with council documents stating the nature of the complaint was “conduct that is not appropriate for a representative of a local government, but is not misconduct”.
The record shows the complaint was assessed as “inappropriate conduct” on 7 December 2016 and two orders were made under the Local Government Act.
The first order was a reprimand issued to Cr Gow, with the second order taking the form of a warning that “a repeat of the inappropriate conduct will be considered as misconduct and referred to the Regional Conduct Review Panel”.
The Free Times asked Cr Gow via email this week if he wished to clarify the nature of the conduct, but no response had been received by time of printing.
Cr Gow, along with Deputy Mayor Jo McNally and Stanthorpe resident James Lister have nominated for the LNP candidacy for the State seat of Southern Downs, to be vacated by veteran MP Lawrence Springborg at the next state election.
The pre-selection process is continuing. Once Nation is expected to endorse a candidate for Southern Downs shortly.
