Lisa Scaffidi
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The Right Honourable the Lord Mayor of Perth Lisa Scaffidi |
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| 55th Lord Mayor of Perth | |
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Assumed office October 2007 |
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| Deputy | James Limnios |
| Preceded by | Peter Nattrass |
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| Born | 12 February 1960 |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Spouse(s) | Joe Scaffidi |
Lisa Scaffidi (née Sanders) (born 12 February 1960) is the first female lord mayor of Perth, Western Australia. Scaffidi won the seat in the October 2007 council elections following the retirement of her predecessor, Peter Nattrass, after a record twelve years in the position.
Scaffidi was educated at Churchlands Primary School and Methodist Ladies' College after which she graduated as a dental therapist from the Western Australian Institute of Technology (now Curtin University). She served as an air hostess with TAA in 1980, worked in the hospitality industry in a marketing capacity and, in the 1990s, helped to promote export of semi-precious stones. She was the WA State Director of the Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) for over ten years.
She served two terms as a councillor before successfully contesting the lord-mayoralty.
In October 2015, the Corruption and Crime Commission of Western Australia found that Mrs Scaffidi had "signally failed in her duties" as lord mayor by accepting and failing to declare a $31,000 travel package to the 2008 Beijing Olympics from BHP, and other gifts from private companies that have dealings with the City of Perth. The commission found that Mrs Scaffidi had committed acts of "serious misconduct" but believed she had not acted corruptly.
In 2016 Mrs Scaffidi insulted journalist Liam Bartlett on social media and was criticised by journalists for refusing to answer his questions about the undeclared travel and gifts while the matter was before the State Administrative Tribunal.
In May 2017 Western Australia's State Administrative Tribunal ruled that Mrs Scaffidi had committed 45 "serious breaches" of local government laws by failing to disclose gifts and overseas travel. The tribunal has the power to disqualify her from office for up to five years. In the previous month Western Australian premier, Mark McGowan, called on Mrs Scaffidi to step aside and stated that he would look at the means to sack the lord mayor if she didn't resign. He also called on the City of Perth councillors to move a motion of no confidence in the lord mayor.
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