Hobart’s deputy lord mayor is caught in a political firestorm after a closed-door council debate over an independent probe into her taking food and drinks from a council lounge — a move the Integrity Commission deemed not misconduct, but councillors are refusing to let drop. A motion by four councillors demands the Director of Local Government investigate how the council handled the incidents, set for debate in private. Tensions spiked when one councillor emailed the deputy lord mayor offering to drop the motion if she resigned by a deadline — her lawyer calls it blackmail and has reported it to police, while the councillor dismisses it as a heads-up, insisting resignation would end the drama. The deputy lord mayor calls it a political attack, stands firm, and has shared her lawyer’s submission with colleagues, vowing not to back down.
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