00:00As speculation hangs over Parramatta about a reported raid by officers from the Independent
00:07Commission Against Corruption, attempts to get more details are falling flat.
00:12Unfortunately I've seen that most councillors really want to put their head in the sand
00:16about this and hope that it goes away.
00:19Independent councillor Kelly Darley is vowing to continue asking questions after her motion
00:24proposing the council get more information about the raid was defeated.
00:28Officers instead passed a motion declaring a zero tolerance approach to fraudulent or
00:33corrupt behaviour.
00:34This isn't something that they can sweep under the carpet, this is something that is going
00:38to hang around.
00:39Some locals find the whole matter perplexing.
00:42I'm surprised that the council doesn't support some transparency, it seems like everybody's
00:46doing secrets, Simon.
00:48I mean as a public I think if something like that happened, the public would be interested
00:51to know about such incidents.
00:53Yeah, if it's something related to corruption, we would like to know more about it.
00:57While others think it's best the corruption watchdog be left to do its job quietly.
01:02I wouldn't say I'm concerned about it, I mean that's our system.
01:04They do work in at least initially in a covert way, but anyone can see that they're very effective
01:11and powerful when they get going.
01:13You want the investigation to be done thoroughly and that can only be done if it's done relatively
01:19secretly.
01:20There was no debate at last night's meeting when the ICAC matter was raised.
01:25Parramatta Council has declared it would cooperate with any requests from an external body while
01:30insisting it's business as usual.
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