Report on a public inquiry into payments made by land developers to Aldermen and candidates for election to the Council of the City of Gold Coast
- Report length
- 166 pages
Summary
The report's own summary: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY, pages 13 to 26
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The Criminal Justice Commission held a public inquiry into developers’ payments to Gold Coast councillors and election candidates.
Report on a Public Inquiry into payments made by land developers to Aldermen and candidates for election... (14 November 1991), page 3 · Report on a Public Inquiry into payments made by land developers to Aldermen and candidates for election... (14 November 1991), page 14
It examined the payments’ extent, recipients, purpose, secrecy and possible effects on council decisions.
For election donations, the Commission found no evidence of offences or official misconduct, but found that donors and recipients sought to keep donations from public knowledge.
The Commission also concluded that accepting developers’ donations could affect councillors’ deliberations, even where councillors believed they were uninfluenced.
Its six listed recommendations addressed election funding, disclosure of donations, penalties, conflicts of interest and a consistent code of conduct for local government.
In the body's own words
- Finding
There is no evidence of any person engaging in conduct which was official misconduct.
- Finding
There was a conscious effort by all who gave and received donations to keep, as far as was practicable, the fact of the donations from the knowledge of the public.
- Conclusion
It cannot be accepted that the receipt of donations from a land developer would have absolutely no effect upon the deliberations of Aldermen, however uninfluenced they may claim to be.
Findings and recommendations
Allegations are not findings. A commission's finding or opinion of corrupt conduct or misconduct is not a finding that a person is guilty of a criminal offence, and the commissions say so in their reports.
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Published responses
No published response was found.
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