Watchdog finalises Troy Thompson report after lengthy investigation into former mayor
The Crime and Corruption Commission will release its public report on former Townsville mayor Troy Thompson “within days”.
The Crime and Corruption Commission is days away from revealing details about its lengthy investigation into former Townsville mayor Troy Thompson.
CCC chair Bruce Barbour told a Parliamentary Crime and Corruption Committee meeting on Tuesday a draft public report has been written and the procedural fairness process, which allowed Mr Thompson a chance to respond to its findings, has finished.
“We are finalising a public report for tabling, which I hope will be in a matter of days,” he said.
The CCC finalised its investigation into Mr Thompson on October 15 but was unable to make it public before the November 15 mayoral election.
The saga surrounding Mr Thompson - including the risk he could have been re-elected after resigning as mayor as a result of the CCC investigation - prompted a question to Mr Barbour about whether changes needed to be made to ensure voters had all information about political candidates.
Mr Barbour said it would be a matter for the state government to consider.
“Obligations on people who are running for election need to ultimately be determined by government through legislation,” he said.
“For there to be systems in place which ensure that information being provided is accurate and correct there would need to be some sort of legislative system that requires that to happen.”
He said the CCC had a process it had to follow before matters could be publicly revealed.
“We can’t avoid those steps,” he said.
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