BY IAN CROUCH
A shirtless Allan Robinson has been chastised for appearing unclothed during a public online meeting of Newcastle Council.
Fairfax reports Lord Mayor Nuatali Nelmes abruptly stopped the development applications committee meeting on Tuesday night when she spotted the bare-chested Councillor Robinson on a Zoom call.
She called Councillor Robinson to order saying he couldn't be unclothed on a council meeting, saying it brings the council into disrepute and she didn't want to deal with it.
Allan Robinson responded and could be seen on the public webcast shirtless, by his comments couldn't be heard.
He later defended his actions saying he wasn't nude and could only be seen above the waist.
He said he was late for the meeting and had been in dirty work clothes from his day job in demolition, removing them so his wife could put them in the wash.
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| A leaked image of a shirtless Allan Robinson during the council Zoom meeting - this view was not seen on the public webcast. Picture therherald.com.au |
