Better Border Health directors have raised concerns about Justin Clancy having a conflict of interest over the redevelopment of Albury hospital while standing in front of the MP's veterinary clinic. or signup to continue reading Lobby group members Stan Stavros and Di Thomas held a media conference on Friday, June 21, on the Keene Street nature strip in front of Mr Clancy's Family Vet Centre which faces the hospital. They told of a "robust" meeting with Mr Clancy on May 3 where Better Border Health directors raised their concerns that the Albury MP had a conflict because he from the acquisition of private land for hospital expansion.
Mr Stavros said a letter was subsequently written to Mr Clancy, that included a line that "it remains unclear, from the meeting, as to how you intend to appropriately manage your conflict of interest", and no reply had been received, a prompt for the media conference. "He basically was reasonably silent all the way through in relation to that when we raised it, so we'd like him to come out and sort of let us know, or let the community know, whether he believes he has a conflict or not," Mr Stavros said. Asked if Better Border Health believed Mr Clancy had a conflict, Ms Thomas cited conduct guidelines for NSW MPs published by the state corruption watchdog ICAC.
She quoted a "key message" that reads "an objective, rather than subjective test is used in determining whether there is a conflict of interest. The perspective used is that of a hypotheti.