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 | Nil |
Cr Andrew Polkinghorne | District Council of Elliston Elected Member Allowance | Polkinghorne Partners Pty Ltd T-Ports Pty Ltd Grain Producers SA | Nil |
Cr Tony Custance | District Council of Elliston Elected Member Allowance | Self: Australian 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 | 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 | Nil |
Cr Andrew Polkinghorne | District Council of Elliston Elected Member Allowance | Polkinghorne Partners Pty Ltd T-Ports Pty Ltd Grain Producers SA | Nil |
Cr Tony Custance | District Council of Elliston Elected Member Allowance | Self: Australian 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 | 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 |
2020-2021 Extract of the Elected Members Register of Interests
2019-2020 Extract of the Elected Members Register of Interests(19 kb)
Post 2018 Election: extract of the Elected Members Register of Interests(18 kb)
2018-2019 extract ofthe Elected Members Register of Interests(18 kb)
2017-2018 extract of the Elected Members Register of Interests(17 kb)
2016-2017 extract of the Elected Members Register of Interests(17 kb)
2015-2016 extract of the Elected Members Register of Interests(17 kb)
Post November 2014 election: extract of the Elected Members Register of Interests(17 kb)