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Premier rejects CCC probe amid calls for action on council laws
Queensland’s Premier has rejected calls for an independent inquiry into abandoned fraud charges that led to the sacking of one of the state’s largest councils, as the head of the state’s corruption watchdog expressed his disappointment in the prosecutors’ decision to drop the charges.
A lack of evidence led the Director of Public Prosecutions to drop charges against seven former Logan councillors on Thursday, almost two years they were automatically suspended for an alleged plot to push out the council’s then-chief executive.
The decision to drop charges has sparked calls for changes to the legislation, compensation for the councillors and a probe into the corruption watchdog’s actions.Credit:Jimboomba Times
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