Register of Interests

To be as transparent as possible to the community in Council's decision making processes, Elected Members must lodge with the Council a complete and accurate primary return of their interests at the commencement of their term in office and then annually via an ordinary return.

An "interest" is a stake or involvement in an undertaking, especially a financial one, that each Elected Member or a person related to them, may have.

Elected members must update their returns within a month of any changes to their interests.

In addition to registering these interests with Council, the following extract of those interests must be published on Council's website in accordance with Section 70(a) of the Local Government Act 1999:

Elected Members' income sources (within the meaning of Schedule 3 to the Local Government Act 1999) or employer
The name of any political party, any body or association formed for political purposes or any trade or professional organisation (within the menaing of Schedule 3 to the Local Government Act 1999) of which the Elected Member is a member, and
Any gifts received by the Elected Member, or a person related to them, during the return period (other than from a person related by blood or marriage) that are required to be included in the information entered in the REgister in relation to the member.

There are penalties for the publishing or commenting on the above information, unless:

The information derived from the Register constitutes a fair and accurate summary and is published in the public interest: and
The comment is fair and published in the public interest and without malice.

ELECTED MEMBERS REGISTER OF INTERESTS 2023-2024 (Updated 29 August 2023)

Council Member Name	Employer/Income Source	Name of Political Party/Body/Association formed for Political purposes or any trade or professional organisation of which the person is a member	Gifts Received worth $750 or more (as per Schedule 3, s2(2)(d)
Mayor Andrew McLeod	District Council of Elliston Elected Member Allowance CC Trust (trustee of Leodur Pty Ltd)	Leodur Pty Ltd (CC Trust), Director McLeod Asset Management Pty Ltd - Director Pharmacy Guild of Australia Pharmaceutical Society of Australia	Nil
Deputy Mayor Allison Pickford	District Council of Elliston Elected Member Allowance Rental Properties Shares MissTrust Commercial Fishing	Director/Secretary Partnership John Franz Wyk MissTrust	Nil
Cr Ashley Traeger	District Council of Elliston Elected Member Allowance SA Police Department	SA Police Department	Nil
Cr Andrew Polkinghorne	District Council of Elliston Elected Member Allowance Kingara Farms Pty Ltd T-Ports Pty Ltd The Polkinghorne Superannuation Fund AIREP SAGIT	Polkinghorne Partners Pty Ltd Hambidge Land Trust Section 1 Land Trust Kingara Farms Pty Ltd Andrew Polkinghorne Family Trust Polkinghorne Land Trust Section 2 Land Trust Kingara Land Trust Glengarff Land Trust Polking Land Trust No2 Polkinghorne Superannuation Fund T-Ports Pty Ltd Avecho Kuniko Ltd Grain Producers SA	Nil
Cr Tony Custance	District Council of Elliston Elected Member Allowance Self Owned Fishing Business Partner - Education Department SA	Self: Australian Super Partner: SA Super Chairperson: Vongole Fishers Association of SA	Nil
Cr Michael Zerk	District Council of Elliston Elected Member Allowance Primary Production	MA & GE Zerk and JW & MA Zerk Family Trust Zerk Land Trust MA & LE Zerk Investment Trust Westpac Superannuation	Nil
Cr Fiona Matthews	District Council of Elliston Elected Member Allowance Elliston Supermarket Farm Lease	Self Managed Super Fund BankSA Matthews Family Trust CM & FG Matthews Family Trust	Nil
Cr Malcolm Hancock	District Council of Elliston Elected Member Allowance Hancock Farming Enterprises	Hancock Farming Enterprises Hancock Family Trust	Nil

ELECTED MEMBERS REGISTER OF INTERESTS 2022-2023 (Updated 2 December 2022)

Council Member Name	Employer/Income Source	Name of Political Party/Body/Association formed for Political purposes or any trade or professional organisation of which the person is a member	Gifts Received worth $750 or more (as per Schedule 3, s2(2)(d)
Mayor Andrew McLeod	District Council of Elliston Elected Member Allowance Elliston Pharmacy Primary Health Networks Lower Eyre Health Cluster Committee Member Property Rental	Leodur Pty Ltd (CC Trust), Director Primary Health Networks – Lower Eyre Health Cluster Committee Member Pharmacy Guild of Australia Pharmaceutical Society of Australia	Nil
Deputy Mayor Allison Pickford	District Council of Elliston Elected Member Allowance Rental Properties Shares MissTrust Commercial Fishing	Director/Secretary Partnership John Franz Wyk MissTrust	Nil
Cr Ashley Traeger	District Council of Elliston Elected Member Allowance SA Police Department	SA Police Department SA Government Pension Scheme Police Credit Union	Nil
Cr Andrew Polkinghorne	District Council of Elliston Elected Member Allowance Kingara Farms Pty Ltd T-Ports Pty Ltd The Polkinghorne Superannuation Fund AIRE	Polkinghorne Partners Pty Ltd Hambidge Land Trust Section 1 Land Trust Kingara Farms Pty Ltd Andrew Polkinghorne Family Trust Polkinghorne Land Trust Section 2 Land Trust Kingara Land Trust Glengarff Land Trust Polking Land Trust No2 Polkinghorne Superannuation Fund T-Ports Pty Ltd Avecho Grain Producers SA	Nil
Cr Tony Custance	District Council of Elliston Elected Member Allowance Self Owned Fishing Business Partner - Education Department SA	Self: Australian Super Partner: SA Super Chairperson: Vongole Fishers Association of SA	Nil
Cr Michael Zerk	District Council of Elliston Elected Member Allowance Primary Production	MA & GE Zerk and JW & MA Zerk Family Trust Zerk Land Trust MA & LE Zerk Investment Trust Lock & Districts Community Sports Centre Westpac Superannuation AMP Superannuation	Nill
Cr Fiona Matthews	District Council of Elliston Elected Member Allowance Elliston Supermarket Farm Lease	President: Kenny Venus Progress Association Inc Self Managed Super Fund BankSA Matthews Family Trust CM & FG Matthews Family Trust	Nil
Cr Malcolm Hancock	District Council of Elliston Elected Member Allowance Hancock Farming Enterprises	Hancock Farming Enterprises Hancock Family Trust	Nil

ELECTED MEMBERS REGISTER OF INTERESTS 2022-2023 (Updated 19 August 2022)

Council Member Name	Employer/Income Source	Name of Political Party/Body/Association formed for Political purposes or any trade or professional organisation of which the person is a member	Gifts Received worth $500 or more (as per Schedule 3, s2(2)(d)
Mayor Malcolm Hancock	District Council of Elliston Elected Member Allowance Hancock Farming Enterprises	Hancock Farming Enterprises Hancock Family trust	Nil
Deputy Mayor Peter Hitchcock	District Council of Elliston Elected Member Allowance Hitchcock Family Trust (Farming) Aged Pension	Koloch Pty Ltd T/A Hitchcock Family Trust and Hitchcock Land Trust Free Eyre	Nil
Cr Creagh McGlasson	District Council of Elliston Elected Member Allowance C & HM McGlasson Creagh McGlasson ATF Rural Systems Trust	Creagh McGlasson P/L / Rural Systems Trust C & H McGlasson Free Eyre Pty Ltd	Nil
Cr Debbie May	District Council of Elliston Elected Member Allowance NM and DS May Farming CBA Investment Fund	Elliston Community Sports Centre inc Treasurer EP Landscape Board Member Nigel May – President Elliston Grain Growers Free Eyre Pty Ltd Elders	Nil
Cr Kerry Williams	District Council of Elliston Elected Member Allowance Williams Family Trust Department of Education, Elliston Area School Commsec Share Trading Rental Properties	Williams Family Trust, Bald Hills Trust – Director SMSF – Les and Kerry Williams – Share portfolio Private Share Portfolio – Les and Kerry Williams	Nil
Cr Kym Callaghan	District Council of Elliston Chairman Allowance Mid-West Health Presiding Member Allowance Rental properties	Callaghan Family Trust	Nil
Cr Tom Henderson	District Council of Elliston Elected Member Allowance TG Henderson (Farming)	Nil	Nil
Cr Andrew McLeod	District Council of Elliston Elected Member Allowance Elliston Pharmacy Primary Health Networks Lower Eyre Health Cluster Committee Member Property Rental	Leodur Pty Ltd (CC Trust), Director Primary Health Networks – Lower Eyre Health Cluster Committee Member Pharmacy Guild of Australia Pharmaceutical Society of Australia	Nil

ELECTED MEMBERS REGISTER OF INTERESTS 2021-2022 (Updated 10 March 2022)

Council Member Name	Employer/Income Source	Name of Political Party/Body/Association formed for Political purposes or any trade or professional organisation of which the person is a member	Gifts Received worth $500 or more (as per Schedule 3, s2(2)(d)
Mayor Malcolm Hancock	District Council of Elliston Elected Member Allowance Hancock Farming Enterprises	Hancock Farming Enterprises Hancock Family trust	Nil
Deputy Mayor Peter Hitchcock	District Council of Elliston Elected Member Allowance Hitchcock Family Trust (Farming) Aged Pension	Koloch Pty Ltd T/A Hitchcock Family Trust and Hitchcock Land Trust Free Eyre	Nil
Cr Creagh McGlasson	District Council of Elliston Elected Member Allowance C & HM McGlasson Creagh McGlasson ATF Rural Systems Trust	Creagh McGlasson P/L / Rural Systems Trust C & H McGlasson Free Eyre Pty Ltd	Nil
Cr Debbie May	District Council of Elliston Elected Member Allowance NM and DS May Farming CBA Investment Fund	Elliston Community Sports Centre inc Treasurer EP Landscape Board Member Nigel May – President Elliston Grain Growers Free Eyre Pty Ltd Elders	Nil
Cr Kerry Williams	District Council of Elliston Elected Member Allowance Williams Family Trust Department of Education, Elliston Area School Commsec Share Trading Rental Properties	Williams Family Trust, Bald Hills Trust – Director SMSF – Les and Kerry Williams – Share portfolio Private Share Portfolio – Les and Kerry Williams	Nil
Cr Kym Callaghan	District Council of Elliston Chairman Allowance Mid-West Health Presiding Member Allowance Rental properties	Callaghan Family Trust	Nil
Cr Tom Henderson	District Council of Elliston Elected Member Allowance TG Henderson (Farming)	Nil	Nil
Cr Andrew McLeod	District Council of Elliston Elected Member Allowance Elliston Pharmacy Primary Health Networks Lower Eyre Health Cluster Committee Member	Leodur Pty Ltd (CC Trust), Director Primary Health Networks – Lower Eyre Health Cluster Committee Member Pharmacy Guild of Australia Pharmaceutical Society of Australia	Nil