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Jack Gramenz and Alex Mitchell

'Broken' council complaints set for major overhaul

Ron Hoenig says the system for hearing local government complaints is too open to weaponisation. (Bianca De Marchi/AAP PHOTOS)

The "fundamentally broken" code of conduct applied to NSW local councils is set for reform as officials blame a stack of trivial complaints for bogging down the system.

The state government has launched a discussion paper that also proposes banning private councillor briefing sessions and strengthening lobbying guidelines in a bid to improve transparency.

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