Howzat?!

And the Mayor attempts a silly shot to mid-off, gets an edge which goes straight through to the keeper and she's ... CAUGHT OUT!

Seems the Mayor thinks you can be a consultant to one of the contractors on the I-PU! project and still be considered independent.

She apparently wrote in correspondence that the guy was independent.

See previous story: http://4350water.blogspot.com/2005/09/can-mayor-define-independent.html

It turns out that he is still working as a consultant to his old employer - the same company working on the I-PU! project, CH2M Hill!

See: http://waterfutures.myblogsite.com/blog/_archives/2005/9/30/1269652.html

Remember that Section 240 of the Qld Local Government Act 1993 states that "[a] councillor does not incur civil liability for an act or omission done honestly and without negligence under this Act".

Link: http://www.legislation.qld.gov.au/LEGISLTN/CURRENT/L/LocGovA93.pdf

I was only thinking about Councillors' possible negligence but maybe there's an issue with honest acts as well.

Is this the Mayor's own "Watergate"?