Sports minister pressed on voting enrolment
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Following this statement, a message was sent to the Crisafulli government: please explain. province’s sports minister An official is registered to vote at his/her address and does not reside in his or her constituency.
Minister of Sports and Racing and Minister of the Olympic and Paralympic Games Tim Mander has been the state MP for Everton, a constituency in Brisbane’s northwest that includes suburbs including Everton Park, Gaythorne, Albany Creek and Eatons Hill, since 2012.
The former NRL referee split from wife Gayle early last year. In July he and Child Safety Minister Amanda Camm He officially declared his relations with Prime Minister David Crisafulli.
At a cabinet meeting last week, the pair reportedly told fellow ministers that they had bought a property together in Brisbane’s CBD; This raised new questions about where Mander had been living since his separation from his wife.
Australian It reported that Mander spent most of his time living in accommodation attached to Parliament House and was found to be registered to vote at a staff rented home in Arana Hills but was not living there.
Mander said he had “always” complied with the Electoral Commission’s requirements.
Queensland Labor Deputy Leader Cameron Dick said Mander had “serious questions to answer” about the revelations, including whether he broke the law by “knowingly providing false or misleading advice to the Electoral Commission”.
Under the Queensland Criminal Code, a person who provides false or misleading information to the Electoral Commission can be imprisoned for up to seven years if convicted.
“Tim Mander is required to answer today the question of whether he is properly registered to vote in Queensland under Queensland law,” Dick said.
He said Mander should ask the Electoral Commission to publish her registration forms to make it clear when and where she changed her address and registered to vote.
“If Mr Mander can’t be trusted to be honest about where he lives and where he is registered to vote in Queensland, how can they trust him on other matters?” he asked.
MPs are not legally required to live in the constituency they represent, and state members can register to vote in their own constituency if special notice is given to the commission.
In a statement to this imprint, Mander said he had “updated the Queensland Electoral Commission with accurate details when my circumstances changed”.
“I am currently registered at my permanent address and have always fulfilled the requirements of the ECQ,” he continued.
In the early hours of the day, Queensland Police Minister Dan Purdie He was asked about the statements but refused to comment on the MP’s living arrangements.
“Redistricting is coming and these things happen all the time and MPs are living in their own constituencies and living outside of their own constituencies,” Purdie said.
“There is no obligation [to live in your electorate]so you explain where you live.
“I’m not going to comment on someone’s decision for their own benefit or situation… it’s a personal matter.”
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