transparency_matters | KIpolis

Penneshaw sewerage update — Cr Liu 2014.10.21

October 21st, 2014

The Islander did not publish council candidate Nada Clark’s answers, so here they are — 2014.10.19

October 19th, 2014

Nada Clark IS candidate, whatever Council says — 2014.09.25

September 25th, 2014

The strange injunction from the mayor on candidate Walkom — 2014.09.20

September 20th, 2014

Kangaroo Island Council not functioning properly — interview of Cr Walkom, 2014.07.11

July 12th, 2014

Storm in a cup of tea – Ombudsman’s contribution to a saga involving Cr Walkom — Bittar 2014.07.05

July 5th, 2014

How to undermine a conscientious councillor — Interview of Cr Walkom, 2014.07.04

July 4th, 2014

Kangaroo Island watergap motion, comments censored by Council – Cr Walkom, 2014.06.11

June 8th, 2014

KIFA’s narrow objectives are those of government and tourism developers — Cr Walkom, 2014.05.18

May 19th, 2014

Gastroenteritis and Kingscote sewage – Council does not address the matter — Cr Liu 2014.05.07

May 8th, 2014

Censored QoN for Council meeting 2014.04.09 — Cr Walkom

April 9th, 2014

Misleading CEO report against councillor — Cr Walkom, 2014.04.04

April 4th, 2014

Issues with Penneshaw CWMS Consultation Outcomes Report, QoN – Cr Liu, 2014.04.09

March 28th, 2014

KIpolis will not be drawn in the censuring and silencing of Cr Walkom — G. Bittar, 2014.02.08

February 8th, 2014

Credibility of the prudential review process for Penneshaw planned sewerage – QoNs Cr Liu 2013.12.11

December 3rd, 2013

Sewerage plans for Penneshaw, prudential review — comments by Shirley Knight, 2013.11.30

November 30th, 2013

Penneshaw sewerage dam safety questions need an answer — Cr Liu 2013.09.13

September 3rd, 2013

Complaint against Kangaroo Island Council for failing to answer a question — Cr Liu 2013.06.28

September 3rd, 2013

Transparency and respect for community by Kangaroo Island council are at low ebb — Knight, Shirley, 2013.07.27

August 6th, 2013

Penneshaw sewage dam location: why did the CEO omit an important document? — QoN Cr Liu 2013.08.14

August 5th, 2013

Your ruse is to suggest you do not understand the questions and pose hypotheticals which you then answer yourself in a vitriolic attack on me — Cr Walkom, 2013.07.01

July 1st, 2013

Where is the “strong, respectful debate“, Mayor Bates? — Chirgwin, Rosalie, 2013.06.24

June 24th, 2013

Penneshaw sewage plans: health, environmental and financial issues — QoNs Cr Liu 2013.06.12

June 12th, 2013

The man-hours spent not seeing the obvious has been a drain on the finances of this council — Knight, Shirley, 2013.05.25

June 3rd, 2013

Cygnet River fire: Council NOT interested in learning from it — Cr Liu’s QoN 2013.04.10

April 24th, 2013

Sewerage endless plans for Penneshaw: years later, the public is still kept in the dark — QoN Cr Liu, 2013.03.13

March 20th, 2013

Penneshaw threatened by proposed sewage dam — Knight, Shirley, 2013.03.03

March 3rd, 2013

Ratepayers need questions and answers printed in the Council Agenda — Knight, Shirley 2013.01.28

January 30th, 2013

Council’s doors close on the last few shards of openness and transparency — Cr Gr. Walkom, 2013.01.16

January 16th, 2013

Council administration censors Councillor’s Question on Notice — Bittar G. 2013.01.11

January 12th, 2013

The planned destruction of Penneshaw’s Aleppo trees — QoN by Cr Liu 2013.01.16

January 7th, 2013

KI ‘Strategic Plan’: many items moved to operational – which ones? – QoN by Cr Walkom 2012.12.01

December 1st, 2012

Questions on Notice – a QoN by Cr Walkom, 2012.08.08, numbers-comments by the CEO… and KIpolis

August 7th, 2012

KIFA usurping KI Council’s prerogatives? — Cr Walkom’s QoN, 2012.08.08

August 5th, 2012

For freedom’s sake — Councillor Chirgwin’s resignation statement, 2012.07.11

July 12th, 2012

Request for Display of design plans for Penneshaw CWMS — A petition to Council, Knight, Shirley, 2012.07.07

July 8th, 2012

What is the controversial sewerage plan for Penneshaw about? — Shirley Knight answers Charlie Canning’s questions, 2012.06.24

June 24th, 2012

The dangers of public/private partnerships — Cr Chirgwin, 2012.06.08

June 8th, 2012

Councillors who speak up have no protection against litigation — A legal analysis by Jacobsen, Jim, 2012.06.01

June 1st, 2012

Codes of Conduct — Canning, Charlie, 2012.05.26

May 26th, 2012

Cr Liu has impeccably good manners — Cr Chirgwin, 2012.05.21

May 21st, 2012

Council CEO refuses to release interim plans for Penneshaw sewerage project — Knight, Shirley, 2012.05.19

May 19th, 2012

Marine parks: KIMAG is not representative of the original LAG – Council should rescind its support — McDonald, Scott, 2012.05.07

May 7th, 2012

How did a legitimate question to the body of Council morph into a public accusation of an employee being corrupt — Cr Chirgwin, 2012.04.16

April 20th, 2012

Fact or faction: Council plays games in naming roads — Pattingale, Daniel, 2012.04.16

April 20th, 2012

Who failed ? — emails exchanged between Cr Chirgwin and LGA’s Ms Stevens, Nov-Dec. 2011

March 28th, 2012

Untrue statements re legal advice expenses, plus dodgy report and practices — QoNs by Cr Liu, 2012.04.11

March 27th, 2012

Solar panels costs – comparing the competition to the council-supported supplier — UPDATE 2012.03.27

March 27th, 2012

Cr Davis’ complaints against Cr Chirgwin — a very questionable process, 2011-2012, by Cr Walkom, 2012.03.14

March 25th, 2012

Anatomy of a witch-hunt — Kangaroo Island Council, 2011-2012 — by Dr Bittar, Gabriel, 2012.03.25

March 25th, 2012

Five to four — Canning, Charlie, 2012.03.22

March 22nd, 2012

Legal costs to Council of Ombudsman investigation — QoN by Cr Walkom 2012.03.14

March 7th, 2012

Why is Councillor Chirgwin declared “absent” when she is not, and her apologies refused when she is? – QoN 2012.03.14

March 6th, 2012

What is the legal base for extending the duties of the Deputy Mayor? — Cr Chirgwin’s QoN, 2012.03.14

March 6th, 2012

Why is Council promoting one solar energy provider to the detriment of others? – Cr Liu’s QoN 2012.03.14

March 6th, 2012

Stokes Bay Road upgrade tender: did Council follow due process? — QoN Cr Liu, 2012.02.08

January 29th, 2012

Councillor Liu asks the CEO to explain his allegations re who’s responsible for legal expenses — QoN 2011.11.09; Council decides to keep its reply secret — UPDATED 2012.11.27

January 18th, 2012

The Islander: a mouthpiece for a dictatorial, colluding and secretive faction of Council – Pattingale, Daniel, 2011.12.04

December 4th, 2011

CEO has no excuse for withholding information from councillors — Davis, Linda, 2011.11.24

November 24th, 2011

Kangaroo Island council has acted in a way that is contrary to law — from OmbudsmanSA’s report, 2011.08.26

November 3rd, 2011

Kangaroo Island Council prefers to conduct business in secret without minutes or public scrutiny — De Mather, Ian, 2011.10.27

October 27th, 2011

Unexpurgated letter of Councillors Chirgwin, Liu and Walkom regarding the attacks on them – 2011.10.26

October 26th, 2011

Councillors Walkom, Liu and Chirgwin respond to the orchestrated attacks on them – their full media statement, 2011.10.26

October 26th, 2011

In camera issues… There is too much hiding — Davis, Linda, 2011.10.20

October 20th, 2011

Council “informal” gatherings: Councillor Liu asks hard questions, 2011.10.12

October 10th, 2011

Council closed meetings and political transparency: Councillor Chirgwin’s Motions on Notice, 2011.08, who voted what

August 4th, 2011

Councillor Chirgwin says NO to unnecessarily closing Council meetings to the public, 2011.07.27

July 27th, 2011

Thanking dismissed staff at ratepayers’ cost and promoting a private venture — Councillor Liu’s complete, uncensored set of questions, 2011.06.08

June 8th, 2011

Councillor Liu’s questions re Council legal expenses for investigating alleged Code of Conduct breaches by elected members, 2011.05.04

May 4th, 2011

Censorship by the mayor and administration — Unexpurgated Personal Statement made at Kangaroo Island Council by Councillor Walkom, Graham, on the 13th of April 2011

April 13th, 2011