Perth Voice Interactive

TWO weeks after Perth lord mayor Lisa Scaffidi reportedly threatened to quit if the WA local government department started a new probe into her, premier Colin Barnett’s predicts she’ll stay.

He told ABC radio he believed she would stay, despite her unhappiness at the department looking into the same travel and gift irregularities that led the crime and corruption commission to issue adverse findings against her.

If Ms Scaffidi resigns she’d not be subject to any potential action under the WA local government act.

Her threat apparently came after the department said it’d have to do its own digging as it couldn’t use the CCC’s evidence.

While Ms Scaffidi hasn’t been keen on chatting with the Voice ever since our reports on her part-ownership of the decrepit Grand Central hotel backpackers building, chatter from sources close to her pegs the premier’s prediction is on the mark.