Darren Fairbrother asked about future on Waratah-Wynyard Council

Waratah-Wynyard councillor Darren Lindsay Fairbrother was approached by media in Burnie on Friday morning.

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Cr Fairbrother has been the subject of controversy since he was found guilty by a magistrate of a charge of prohibited behaviour in April.

Following a hearing in November, Magistrate Teresa Anderson found Fairbrother guilty of flashing a woman and her son on the beach at Boat Harbour in January last year.

Fairbrother was placed on the sex offender registry for two years, a fact which has dominated subsequent council meetings as residents and colleagues alike call for his resignation.

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A number of code of conduct complaints have been filed against Fairbrother, and mayor Robby Walsh and general manager Shane Crawford this week urged the local government minister Nic Street to sack him.

It is unclear if the minister has the power to sack individual councillors.

In Burnie on Friday morning Fairbrother was asked again whether he would resign, and he refused to answer.

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He was also asked whether he enjoyed the notoriety surrounding the controversy and whether he enjoyed working on a council full of people who want him to resign.

He did not respond to either follow up question, but opened his arms wide and shrugged.

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