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Cr Johnston is scathing about the designated powers. Describes them as a “coup”, giving more and more power to the unelected CEO, or to the E&C Committee, which is made up entirely of LNP Councillors. The decisions are not made by the elected representatives of Council, or able to be scrutinised by members of the public, because the decisions are made behind closed doors and merely rubber-stamped by Council. She says
It’s like a Stalinist, a fascist dictatorship. This is how it happens.
To which the Lord Mayor invokes Godwins Law, and rather appropriately, the meeting is basically then closed.
Cr Johnston is scathing about the designated powers. Describes them as a “coup”, giving more and more power to the unelected CEO, or to the E&C Committee, which is made up entirely of LNP Councillors. The decisions are not made by the elected representatives of Council, or able to be scrutinised by members of the public, because the decisions are made behind closed doors and merely rubber-stamped by Council. She says
To which the Lord Mayor invokes Godwins Law, and rather appropriately, the meeting is basically then closed.