WHERE’S THE BRIBE MONEY GONE JENNY HILL?

 Since I started posting all over  they shut off the ECQ Squiz site to break my links. The new site has massive links here https://www.ecq.qld.gov.au/donations-and-gift-disclosure/disclosure-of-political-donations/published-disclosure-returns  You have to scroll down and chose the archive and manually search from there .

 

GOTCHYA ,  BINGO- HERE WE GO. Here we have Townsville Deputy mayor Walker stating unequivocally that his and Jenny Hills Council team will fund their own campaigns as individual candidates and it will be a shoestring budget . This raises the legal question I foresaw on my blog . There are ONLY 3 ways the money left in THE JENNY HILL GANGS bank account from the Townsville and Ipswich  MAFIA can be legally dealt with.  See the CH7 Townsville News Clip 31/1/2020 on facebook  https://www.facebook.com/7NEWSTownsville/videos/205782553886797/?t=0

They arnt running the same team, so that leaves 2. Either give it to their party or a charity.  In relation to Dowlings $500K, he said he just won the lottery. You arnt allowed to keep it personally. A quote from my blog here on August 14 2018 – Am I good or what ?? https://cynicismcentraltownsvilleaustralia.blogspot.com/2018/08/townsvilles-jenny-hill-gang-splits-on.html

Link to Local Government Electoral Act below

“They ran as an independent team , though they are all , if not majority labor members. Under s 127(6) and (7) there are only 3 ways that left over money can be dealt with :

127 (6)If an amount remains in the account at the end of the group’s disclosure period for the election, the amount or part of the amount may—
(a)be kept in the account for the conduct of another election campaign by the group; or
(b)if each member of the group was a member of a political party during the disclosure period—be paid to the political party; or
(c)be paid to a charity nominated by the group.
(7)An amount mentioned in subsection (6) must not be dealt with other than under that subsection.

Thus, if the gang splits the money can only be given to a charity (look out for that one..larf) or be given to labor. But that says they lied to the people during the campaign. Paul Jacob called for a labor team next time round because they are split (Clare Armstrong, Townsville Bulletin 6/6/18 p 4 “Alp to run ticket for council poll”) and would have to create a charity or go to the trouble of getting that dodgy mob to reforward that money to them .”

On Palmer allwing Dowling to use his office in the Qld building yet at the same time say he is indepdendant is a farce . If that’s true the use of the building for free is a gift and it must be declared as if he was gifted the rent for free. Second it’s a lie that was addressed in the Belcarra report https://www.ccc.qld.gov.au/

Meaning of gift in s201(2)(a) of The Qld Electoral Act https://www.legislation.qld.gov.au/view/html/inforce/current/act-1992-028

201 Meaning of gift

(1) A gift means a disposition of property made by a person to someone else, otherwise than by will, being a disposition made without consideration in money or money’s worth or with inadequate consideration.

(2) Also, a gift includes—

(a) the provision of a service (other than volunteer labour) for no consideration or for inadequate consideration;

(5) For this part, the amount or value of a gift consisting of or including a disposition of property other than money must, if the regulation provides, be decided under principles stated or mentioned in the regulation.

Local Government Electoral Act https://www.legislation.qld.gov.au/view/html/inforce/current/act-2011-027

107 Meaning of gifts

(1) A gift is—

(a) the disposition of property or the provision of a service, without consideration or for a consideration that is less than the market value, but does not include—

(i) transmission of property under a will; or

(ii) provision of a service by volunteer labour; or

(b) payment for attendance at or participation in a fundraising activity.

(2) However, the disposition of property or provision of a service  to a candidate is not a gift if it is made in a private capacity, for the candidate’s personal use, and the candidate does not

use, and does not intend to use, it solely or substantially for a purpose related to any election.

(3) In this section—

disposition of property means a conveyance, transfer, assignment, settlement, delivery, payment or other alienation of property, including, for example—

(a) the allotment of shares in a corporation; and

(b) the creation of a trust in property; and

(c) the grant or creation of a lease, mortgage, charge, servitude, licence, power, partnership or interest in property; and

(d) the release, discharge, surrender, forfeiture or abandonment, at law or in equity, of a debt, contract or chose in action, or of an interest in property; and

(e) the exercise by a person of a general power of appointment of property in favour of someone else; and

(f) a transaction by a person with intent to diminish, directly or indirectly, the value of the person’s own property and to increase the value of someone else’s property.