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September 18th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda Queensland Local Government Minister David Crisafulli has defended his plan to scrap “nanny state” laws requiring councillors to report colleagues for possible conflicts of interest.
Mr Crisafulli introduced a series of local government reforms to parliament last week, which will give greater powers to mayors and give councils the ability to hold referenda on significant local issues.
The new laws also scrap so-called “dobbing” requirements, which force councillors to report possible conflicts of interest among their colleagues.
The requirement was unfair, Mr Crisafulli told reporters in Cairns on Tuesday, because it created an onus of proof on honest councillors.
“What this does is end this crazy, nanny-state behaviour that somehow if your child is a member of the Girl Guides, then somehow you’ve got a conflict of interest if they apply for a $50 voucher from council to run a raffle,” he said.
Mr Crisafulli said the laws also created significant punishments for councillors who benefited from actual conflicts of interest.
If councillors used their insider information for their personal benefit, they would now face fines of up to $110,000 and/or two years in jai, he said.
“I am more interested in cracking down on the handful of bad seeds,” he said.
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