Moreton Bay Regional Council has issued enforcement proceedings against a strawberry farmer linked to the Calabrian Mafia over alleged breaches of planning laws at his operation north of Brisbane.
South Gippsland Shire Council will be sacked after inquiry found it it had lost confidence of community amid serious and ongoing conflict between councillors.
Councillors sacked by the state government in August seeking compensation for unfair dismissal are trying to get their case heard.
The CCC’s seizure of contract documents indicates the crime-fighting body is also examining the controversial origins of an outsourcing deal with an events company.
A consultant who ran confidential interviews with senior staff at Moreton Bay Regional Council has been hired as one of its directors.
Former Ipswich mayor Andrew Antoniolli has been found guilty of fraud after using council funds to buy goods and services at charity auctions.
Former Logan mayor Luke Smith and dismissed councillors Jennie Breene and Laurie Smith appeared in Brisbane Magistrates Court on Tuesday.
Andrew Francis Antoniolli,accused of using ratepayer funds to dishonestly buy goods at charity events,knew council policy didn't cover his actions but he did it anyway,a Queensland court has heard.
A former Ipswich mayor accused of dishonestly using ratepayer funds at charity events says bullies manipulated the council's culture and money for community donation was regularly misused.
Former Ipswich mayor Andrew Antoniolli dishonestly used council funds for bids at charity auctions,his trial has been told.
All the Logan councillors have been sacked and an administrator appointed after seven councillors and the former mayor were charged over an alleged fraud by the CCC last week.