A South Australian council has made a move to have two of its elected members removed after months of controversy, according to a report from the Adelaide Advertiser.
City of Salisbury councillors Severina Burner and Grace Bawden were both found to have breached behavioural standards earlier this year, but neither have complied with directions to apologise.
Comments linking smart city technology to Nazi concentration camps, offensive remarks directed at councillors and senior executives, and unsupported conspiracy theories are among the behaviours said to have been engaged in by the two councillors.
They have both now been absent for three consecutive council meetings without approved leave, giving the council the opportunity to exercise its power to remove them from their roles.
A motion to that effect was passed at a special meeting this week, giving Crs Burner and Bawden the opportunity to submit as to why they should not be removed.
Any response, and a final decision on the proposed removal, will be considered at a further meeting of the council scheduled for next Monday.
