Oopsie, council forgets to include key document in annual report
Bass Coast Shire Council's administration left a signed Auditor-General's report out of the 2025-2026 Annual Report before a council meeting on Wednesday, October 21. Local council watcher Graham Jolly spotted the omission in the agenda papers and submitted a question about it, which was not answered during Community Question time. Councillor Thomson moved to defer the item, and the matter was put to a vote without explanation. Mr Jolly argued the original motion, which would have let the CEO add the statements later, could breach the Local Government Act.