Tonight, an important part of the agenda for the Lake Macquarie City Council meeting is for the calls of a permanent removal of two photographs of convicted child sex offenders hanging in the administration building as former council members.
Milton Orkopoulos of 2008 and Douglas Carley in 2009 were both convicted of criminal offences, causing a community outcry to have them permanently taken down.
A notice of motion tonight lead by Liberal councillor, Kevin Baker tonight is aiming to completely discard any photographs, plaques or honourable memorabilia of existing and future offenders in other buildings around the city.
Councillor Baker has expressed the photographs have been temporarily taken down but there needs to be a sense of permanency and consistency with cases such as these in the future.
"This issue with the photographs could have resolved plain and simply many years ago when these two men were convicted."
"Tonight I will be lifting the confidentiality of the confidential meeting held in 2016, I believed it was unlawful we closed that meeting in November and as such, I am moving a recession motion."
"I'm seeking to move the motion to make certain they are taken down permanently, quite simply we should not be honouring criminals in any shape or form and I am attempting to correct that tonight."
