Overview
- Premier David Crisafulli announced late Thursday that the Australian Federal Police had finalised its assessment of an Australian Electoral Commission referral and found the allegations against Tim Mander to be false.
- Mander stood aside from cabinet in late May after the AEC referred claims he enrolled to vote at a staffer’s address to the AFP and has now resumed his sport and Olympic and Paralympic Games portfolios.
- The AEC referral stemmed from the discovery that Mander had listed a staff member’s address after his separation, and Mander told the state election watchdog he has complied with Queensland rules about MPs’ enrolment and has since registered a permanent address with minister Amanda Camm.
- Labor separately referred disclosures about Mander’s relationship with Amanda Camm to the Queensland Crime and Corruption Commission over possible conflicts involving Olympic venues, community grants and funding, and that investigation remains open.
- The AFP outcome allows the government to reassign ministerial duties and has political fallout because the premier publicly challenged opponents who raised the claims, while reporters noted the AFP itself had not issued a substantial public statement earlier in the process.