The Creighton Report

Wagga Wagga Report
2. COUNCILLOR’S PECUNIARY DECLARATIONS – INTERESTS & POSITIONS IN
COMPANIES
2.1 COMPANY DECLARATIONS
Interests and positions in corporations held by councillors and other designated persons are
required to be disclosed annually, pursuant to Part 8 of the Local Government (General)
Regulation 2005 (NSW).
Initial investigations of the following Councillors’ 2016/17 Pecuniary Interest Returns (PI)
were examined:
(1) Yvonne Braid (Attachment 1)
(2) Greg Conkey (Attachment 2)
(3) Paul Funnell (Attachment 3)
(4) Dan Hayes (Attachment 4)
(5) Val Keenan (Attachment 5)
(6) Rod Kendall (Attachment 6)
(7) Tim Koschel (Attachment 7)
(8) Kerry Pascoe (Attachment 8)
(9) Dallas Tout (Attachment 9)
2.2 RODNEY KENDALL
Councillor Kendall’s PI declarations from 2009/10 to 2018/19 have been examined 2 along
with his company positions and interests recorded by ASIC. 3
A number of discrepancies were found in the 10 PI returns and are summarised as follows:
• 17 counts of undeclared positions and interests;
• 16 counts of mischaracterising company’s principal objects of corporation;
• 7 counts of incorrect descriptions of interests in a company; and
• 1 count of incorrectly declaring to not be a property developer or a close
associate of a corporation that is a property developer (this requirement was
introduced in 2018).
2.2.1 UNDECLARED INTERESTS AND POSITIONS IN COMPANIES
The following companies were not declared on Councillor Kendall’s PI returns:
(1) GNS Care Pty Ltd 4
Date of Registration: 08/06/2012
Description of Position or Interest: Director
Appointed From/To: 08/06/2012 to 01/10/2014
Not Disclosed in Pecuniary Interest • 2012/13 • 2014/15
Returns:
• 2013/14
2
Rod Kendall, ‘Disclosure of Pecuniary Interests and Other Matters (2009/10)-(2018/19)(Attachments 6, 10-
18).
3
Rodney Kendall ASIC Name Search (Attachment 19).
4
GNS Care Pty Ltd ASIC Extract (Attachment 20).
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