Toowoomba City Council meeting agenda 1-2 November 2005

Why is the Council having a "confidential" briefing on the Darling Downs Vision 2000 water proposal at its meetings this week. Why does it need to be confidential?

The meeting agenda cites Section 463(1)(h) of the Local Government Act as the justification for the confidential briefing. That section states:

Section 463 Closed Meetings

(1) A local government or committee may resolve that a meeting be closed to the public if its councillors or members consider it necessary to close the meeting to discuss:

(h) other business for which a public discussion would be likely to prejudice the interests of the local government or someone else, or enable a person to gain a financial advantage."

Subsection (3) states that a local government or committee must not make a resolution (other than a procedural resolution) in a closed meeting.

Just whose interests are being prejudiced?

See - Council meeting agenda.