UPDATE:

INDEPENDENT Tennyson ward councillor Nicole Johnston will be referring her eviction from the Brisbane City Council chambers to the Queensland Ombudsman.

Yesterday Cr Johnston, who has been ejected from council more than 40 times, refused to leave the chamber after a disagreement with chairwoman Angela Owen-Taylor.

Cr Johnston refuted that she had disagreed with Cr Owen-Taylor, but that she was “unlawfully evicted” under section 186A for disorderly conduct.

In a letter to the council’s CEO Colin Jensen, Cr Johnston said Cr Owen-Taylor had ignored a point of order she had raised before she made a motion of dissent in her ruling.

“There was no “disorderly conduct” under the meetings local law that would contravene s186A,” Cr Johnston said.

“Cr Owen Taylor claimed I had been obstructing the proper conduct of the meeting.

“However all points of order had been raised in accordance with the rules, therefore, in the proper way in accordance with the rules. At no point had Cr Owen Taylor ruled any of my points of order invalid under s21(1) (e) nor had she made a ruling under s53(9).

“As such there was no disorderly conduct and no basis for Cr Owen Taylor to eject me and note my conduct under s186A of COBA (City of Brisbane Act).”

Yesterday a Brisbane City Council spokeswoman confirmed the council would be referring the incident to the Councillor Conduct Review Panel for a breach of the City of Brisbane Act 2010.

EARLIER:

ROGUE Brisbane City councillor Nicole Johnston has been ejected from the City Hall chamber by police and could face a hefty $5000 fine for her actions.

The independent Tennyson ward councillor, who has been ejected from council more than 40 times, refused to leave the chamber after a disagreement with chairwoman Angela Owen-Taylor.

Despite council officers seeking to resolve the dispute, Cr Johnston said she was being bullied and did not have to leave.

A policeman was called into the chamber to remove Cr Johnston after a more than half-hour long stand-off.

Cr Johnston eventually left the chamber after the first police officer called for two more officers to help him remove her.

media_camera Police officers called to the council chambers. PICTURE: Supplied.

A Brisbane City Council spokeswoman could not confirm Cr Johnston would face a $5000 fine or how much she had been fined in recent years but said “Cr Johnston will be referred to the Councillor Conduct Review Panel for a breach of the City of Brisbane Act 2010 for today’s incident”.

Cr Johnston did not respond to Quest Community Newspapers’ request for comment.

ALP Opposition leader Milton Dick also did not wish to comment on the matter.

In March this year Cr Johnston was ejected for the 40th time by Cr Owen-Taylor when she was deputy chairwoman.

Cr Johnston has already faced a series of referrals to the Councillor Conduct Review Panel.