Victorian executive director of the Property Council of Australia Danni Hunter resigns over racist a

The high-powered head of Victoria‘s Property Council has resigned in the wake of allegations that she made racially insensitive comments.

Victorian executive director Danni Hunter has been embroiled in controversy after it was stunningly revealed last week that she allegedly made racially insensitive jokes at an industry awards night in late June.

The Property Council of Australia confirmed on Tuesday night it had accepted Ms Hunter’s resignation.

“Danni has made the decision to tender her resignation due to the stress and publicity that has surrounded recent events,” it said in a statement.

“We thank Danni for her strong advocacy and contribution during her time with the organisation and wish her well for her future.

“Throughout this period the Property Council has provided support to our staff and to Danni, and maintained confidential processes in accordance with our robust policies and procedures.

“The Property Council is an organisation that is committed to our values. These set out who we are as an organisation and the standard we expect of our people.”

The council had previously confirmed that a complaint had been made, with “the senior staff member taking responsibility and issuing a full apology”.

The ACT executive director Adina Cirson will be acting Victorian executive director for an interim period.

She will start the role on Monday, with the recruitment process for a permanent replacement to begin shortly.

The Property Council of Australia is the leading representative body for developers and builders.

Ms Hunter held a number of high-profile jobs prior to joining the council, including working for Victorian Liberal leader Matthew Guy when he was planning minister.

She also held roles in the state government, private sector and was Victorian chief executive of the Urban Development Institute of Australia.

She infamously clashed with the Victorian government earlier this year when Premier Daniel Andrews publicly called her out.

He accused Ms Hunter of reneging on an agreement to support a proposed $800m levy that would have taxed developers to fund construction social housing.

“We’ve now seen that despite the CEO of the Property Council (having) called for these exact measures when that person worked at a different property peak, despite the fact that an agreement had been reached and the outcome of that long dialogue, that deep engagement was they’d support such a profit-sharing model, they now oppose that profit-sharing model,” he said back in February.

Ms Hunter denied that any agreement existed.

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