Ex Footy Present star Allan Robinson celebrates shedding job as Newcastle councillor over feedback

A former Footy Present persona turned native councillor says he’s ‘celebrating’ after being disqualified from public workplace for making homophobic feedback.

The NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal (NCAT) ordered on Friday that former Newcastle Independents councillor Allan ‘Robbo’ Robinson be prohibited from contesting the subsequent election after he was discovered to have made ‘grossly homophobic statements in opposition to a fellow councillor’ and remarking on ‘one other councillor’s weight’.

He will likely be unable to face for council till September 2028 after NCAT discovered the penalty was essential to ‘defend the general public from this type of conduct’.

Mr Robinson stated he was ‘celebrating’ the choice to disqualify him from standing for public workplace by flying to Hamilton Island

‘Mr Robinson’s conduct in making homophobic remarks in direction of one other councillor throughout a council assembly was clearly discriminatory conduct,’ the report learn.

‘Such conduct diminishes public confidence in native authorities, and is basically inconsistent with the function and obligations of an area councillor.’

Mr Robinson had an uncommon response to the ruling and advised NCA NewsWire the penalty was ‘insufficient’.

‘I’ll attraction instantly as a result of I believe I believe the penalty is insufficient and I ought to’ve gotten life,’ he stated.

‘As soon as once more, the federal government has failed and the price of this to the Division of Native Authorities can be horrendous.

‘This has gone on for years, it is embarrassing and it is only a joke.’

Deputy Mayor Declan Clausen stated that he had acquired ‘unrelenting’ homophobia from Mr Robinson

Mr Robinson, who was a jockey and a favorite on 9’s Footy Present earlier than operating for native council, went on to say he can be flying into Hamilton Island on Saturday after the ruling, telling NCA NewsWire he booked the vacation ‘as a result of I am celebrating’.

‘I am celebrating (that) I haven’t got to face in a room with vile, putrid folks anymore,’ he stated.

A 2021 report by office behavioural coach Phil O’Brien into complaints made in opposition to Mr Robinson discovered seven out of eight allegations of unhealthy behaviour had been true.

Mr Robinson was discovered to have made homophobic remarks about Deputy Mayor Declan Clausen, referring to him as ‘custard’ throughout a council assembly in July 2019. His remarks had been caught on digital camera.

He was additionally discovered to have taken goal at Lord Mayor Nuatali Nelmes’ weight in an electronic mail to a constituent.

‘I’ve spoken to Grahame about this one thing must be accomplished if it was in fleet road the place fatsos (sic) mother and father stay it could have already occurred,’ the e-mail learn.

Mr Robinson was additionally discovered to have taken goal at Lord Mayor Nuatali Nelmes’ (pictured) weight in an electronic mail to a constituent

‘Robbo is a household man…and all spherical nice bloke,’ an internet site for his demolition firm reads

The lord mayor was not the one goal of his weight-based feedback, with councillor Carol Duncan additionally discovered to have been within the firing line for taking dwelling leftover meals on the finish of a gathering.

‘She’s a giant chunky girl, she has received legs like Blocker Roach, she is a giant unit,’ he was discovered to have stated.

‘You’ve got received no concept what she takes, its embarrassing what she takes dwelling.’

Mr Robinson stated he had apologised to these he had offended.

‘I have already got [apologised], as a result of its to do with the opposite breed, it’s important to apologise for a few instances for them to narrate to that,’ he stated.

He didn’t make clear what he meant by ‘different breed’.

NCAT additionally discovered that Mr Robinson engaged ‘in undesirable bodily contact with one other councillor, in a forceful and intimidating method’.

The ruling was welcomed by Mr Clausen, who stated that he acquired ‘unrelenting’ homophobic abuse from Mr Robinson.

‘Along with homophobia, the Tribunal discovered that Mr Robinson engaged in sexist and undesirable behaviour in direction of a number of feminine councillors. Whereas his feedback directed towards me attracted essentially the most media curiosity, his actions in direction of my feminine colleagues had been equally egregious,’ he stated.

‘The NCAT’s choice to disqualify Mr Robinson from operating in subsequent yr’s election sends a transparent message to all in politics concerning the conduct our group expects of elected representatives.’