THE minister responsible for local government in NSW has refused to acknowledge concerns of a "sham" investigation over a code of conduct complaint relating to City of Newcastle CEO Jeremy Bath, indicating there will be no oversight of the controversial inquiry outside of the Labor-led council.
NSW Local Government Minister Ron Hoenig and the Office of Local Government (OLG) this week completely dodged a series of questions on the investigation into Mr Bath's links to a misleading letter-writing campaign, authored by his friend in Japan, Scott Neylon.
