KINGSTON councillor Jane Agirtan will not have to follow council’s code of conduct for the period she is stood down.
Agirtan was stood down from council after appearing in court on 7 April. She has been charged with breaching a personal safety intervention order, and is due to face Moorabbin Magistrates Court on 20 June over the matter. Soon after Agirtan was stood down under section 229 of the Local Government Act 2020, she took to social media to raise the possibility that she is now longer required to adhere to council’s code of conduct.
On 13 April, Agirtan raised eyebrows when she posted a video online saying “I just wanted to check in with my biggest fans. Now it’s been a week since you guys have been s***ing each other off in the comments under the City of Kingston [Facebook] post. I just wanted to see how you’re all going. Have you moved out of your mother’s basement? Did you succeed in this arranged marriage with a donkey? Did that receding hairline of yours grow back? Have you raised enough money to go to Turkey and get a hair transplant or did you get a job or meaningful career? Because if this is not the case maybe you should spend less time online obsessing over me and more time focusing on being less unattractive, unsuccessful, and unemployed.”
In a statement, Kingston Council said “Councillors stood down under section 229 of the Local Government Act 2020 are not subject to the Councillor Code of Conduct.”
The News is not suggesting Agirtan has breached the code of conduct, only that she is not subject to it.
First published in the Chelsea Mordialloc Mentone News – 23 April 2025