Attempted fraud: Disendorsed Brisbane City Council candidate charged

Disendorsed Brisbane City Council candidate Brock Alexander has been formally charged by Police after a probe into allegations of fraudulent conduct.

The now-disendorsed LNP candidate for Deagon Ward, Brock Alexander. Photo: Team Schrinner.

Disendorsed Brisbane City Council candidate Brock Alexander has been formally charged by Police after a probe into allegations of fraudulent conduct.

A Queensland Police spokeswoman confirmed that a 25-year-old man had been issued with a notice to appear, for one charge of attempted fraud and one charge of obtain or deal with identification information.

He is due to appear before the Sandgate Magistrates Court for the fraud charges on March 28.

Mr Alexander claims he was disendorsed over a three-week-old Google review.

“I wrote a review of the BP service station at Sandgate, I described an incident I had, and I described the owner as ‘foreign’,” he said.

The now-disendorsed LNP candidate for Deagon Ward, Brock Alexander, with Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner. Photo: Team Schrinner.

“They said to me that is racist. This has been going on since (Monday), and (on Tuesday) they had a meeting and disendorsed me.

“I didn’t disclose my Google review because I didn’t think calling someone a ‘foreign owner’ was important.

“It’s all very disappointing.”

Facebook screenshots are circulating within political circles showing comments written by an account using the name “Brock Alexander”.

Two comments relate to Bruce and Denise Morcombe and Daniel’s disappearance.

“Why did they send their 12yo son on his own to the shops? On the side of a busy highway. Worst parents,” one comment read.

“Daniel never came home because his parents allowed a 13yo child on the side of a highway,” another said.

Mr Alexander denies writing any of them.