Labor takes Greens council to court over removal of Victoria election campaign billboards
has taken Darebin city council to the supreme court for allegedly removing candidate billboards in what it called a politically motivated attack from the “Greens-dominated” council.
The Victorian Labor party has alleged that in the past two months eight large billboards belonging to Theophanous have been removed from private properties by council without the campaign’s knowledge. Each billboard costs up to $1,163 to create and up to $500 to install.Theophanous’s campaign team said they investigated and found that the signs had been taken to the tip and two had been destroyed.
The council consists of three Labor, three Greens and three independent councillors, although Labor has argued it is “Greens-dominated” as some independent councillors consistently vote with the minor party. The council declined to comment on the matter before it went to court.
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