Palm Island Airfare Controversy: A CMC report
- Report length
- 42 pages
Summary
The report's own summary: SUMMARY OF CMC FINDINGS, page 4
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The Crime and Misconduct Commission investigated allegations about a ministerial press statement on the funding of air travel to Palm Island.
Palm Island Airfare Controversy: A CMC Report on an investigation into allegations of official misconduct... (March 2005), page 4 · Palm Island Airfare Controversy: A CMC Report on an investigation into allegations of official misconduct... (March 2005), page 9
The CMC considered that two ministerial advisers should face consideration of disciplinary action over preparing and issuing a false statement, although their conduct did not constitute official misconduct.
It found the minister had approved a statement she knew, or should have known, was false, but that her conduct did not amount to a criminal offence.
The CMC considered allegations of a cover-up involving the director-general and staff in the Premier’s office unsubstantiated.
The CMC said it would forward the report to the Department of the Premier and Cabinet for a decision on disciplinary action.
In the body's own words
- Finding
The allegation that staff of the Premier’s office were involved in a cover-up strategy is unsubstantiated and is considered unlikely to have occurred.
Findings and recommendations
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Published responses
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