L&O: SIU - The CMC Investigates

For those good readers who have been following the parochial saga of alleged local government corruption in our Law & Order series, there has been a breakthrough:

ALLEGATIONS that a bloc of Gold Coast councillors misled voters and flouted the law through their association with developers will be publicly probed by the Crime and Misconduct Commission.

CMC Chairman Robert Needham announced the inquiry following months of outrage over allegations of lies by candidates and a secret developer trust fund during last year's council election.

A similar scheme, probed earlier this year in NSW, led to the dismissal of the Tweed Shire Council.

Although not as wide ranging as a full enquiry, it is a jolly good start.

For those interested in the past episodes the prologue starts here, Act I and Act II.

Doink, Doink

-- Nora