The proposed inquiry would look at six different issues threatening to undermine the integrity of local government elections.
Momentum is building for a wide-ranging inquiry into vote tampering, shadowy political affiliations and flimsy donation rules at Victorian council elections amid complaints the process is rife with integrity and transparency failures.
Read has co-signed a letter to Premier Jacinta Allan and Minister for Local Government Melissa Horne requesting an inquiry be held. A spokesman for the state opposition said the Liberals and Nationals would consider whether to back the Greens’ inquiry proposal at a meeting of shadow cabinet next Monday.The 2024 local government elections were the second to be conducted exclusively by postal ballot.
, sparking an electoral probe and a referral of the matter to the police. In 2020, there was an unrelated vote-tampering scandal in Moreland Council – now Merri-bek.Integrity concerns around council elections are not new. There have been multiple reports and inquiries recommending changes over the past decade including by the
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