Queensland Treasurer to testify in former mayor’s misconduct case

Queensland Treasurer Cameron Dick is among the witnesses listed to give evidence in the misconduct case involving former Moreton Bay mayor Allan Sutherland.

Mr Sutherland was charged with two counts of misconduct in relation to public office in December 2019. His case returned to the Brisbane Magistrates Court on Tuesday, but he did not attend.

According to real estate records, Mr Sutherland and his wife, Gayle, spent $700,000 on a two-hectare block at Paradise Road in Burpengary, 35 kilometres north of Brisbane, in September 2010.

It is alleged Mr Sutherland influenced Moreton Bay councillors or council employees to change the scope of…