A SHELLHARBOUR councillor is calling for a clear, firm and fair ruling for all councillors who divulge classified information.
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Councillor Helen Stewart expressed her concern that rules regarding confidential information seemed to apply to some and not others.
Cr Stewart referred to Mayor Marianne Saliba's recent discussions with media on details of the Lamerton House sale and the existing agreement with Stockland Shellharbour.
"The mayor should know better," Cr Stewart said.
"And her excuse was that media had rung her and already knew about information from someone else so she had a chat about it.
"The last thing I recall is the general manager telling us this matter would come before council before it was to be declassified."
Cr Stewart compared the situation with a recent Code of Conduct complaint against her fellow councillor Peter Moran, who had allegedly breached the code on the very same issue and was censured.
Cr Stewart also referred to her own Code of Conduct complaint back in 2008 which personally cost her $97,000.
"It seems to me they are sweeping it under the carpet ... and an apology should be forthcoming," Cr Stewart said.
Cr Marianne Saliba said she had "made a genuine mistake" and there was a "fine line we walk in relation to confidentiality".
"In the case of the matter recently there is certain information that is in the public domain and others that are not," Cr Saliba said.
"Once it was pointed out to me I apologised to all councillors for my error and will endeavour to protect confidentiality in the future.
"I deal with many confidential matters and would never have made a public comment if I had realised that it was confidential. Councillors can always do with additional training on all areas related to our roles, however it is still each individual councillor's responsibility to ensure they act accordingly."
More than $8000 was spent on Code of Conduct complaints in 2014 and the year before, 2013, $6362.