Bendigo Weekly 907

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ISSUE 907 FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 2015

“I was totally embarrassed by what I have done. What I did was wrong.” - Cr Mark Weragoda

SHAMED

By CHRISTINE McGINN

CITY of Greater Bendigo councillor Mark Weragoda will likely face a code of conduct hearing following confirmation last weekend’s drink driving incident will be referred to an independent panel. Late yesterday, councillor Helen Leach confirmed to the Bendigo Weekly she believed the interests of ratepayers and the

Councillor Leach pushes for hearing

council would be best served by having the incident reviewed independently. “My intentions are for a code of conduct panel,” Cr Leach said. “And I am not about to change my mind. “I think we need to do this so that in the eyes of the com-

munity we are being as fair and transparent as we can possibly be, and that we have subjected this matter to the highest level of scrutiny. “None of this says anyone is guilty of a breach, it just says we are treating it seriously, and I believe, this is what the commu-

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nity would want us to do. “This is an onerous decision for me, I leave it to the panel to do its work, so that I can then continue to focus on my priority, which is my duty as a councillor.” Cr Weragoda, aged 55, was caught two-and-a-half-times over

the legal blood-alcohol limit last Friday night. The Weekly understands Cr Weragoda had been waiting for a taxi with his car about 50 metres from a random breath test site on Townsend Street, after his wife Leonie had earlier blown 0.098 when police pulled over the vehicle the couple were travelling in.

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