Council's call for greater candidate safeguards wins support

Key points

• A motion from the City of Moreton Bay calling on the State Government to better protect the privacy of local government candidates has been adopted at the LGAQ Annual Conference. The motion will be included in the LGAQ's advocacy agenda.
• It seeks a registration system for candidates and the removal of existing contact information held by the Electoral Commission of Queensland. Mayor Peter Flannery said the State's recent change allowing post box addresses in election material was not strong enough.
• Two other safety motions were also adopted at the conference.