Southern Free Times - 18th February 2016

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Week commencing Thursday, 18 February | 2016 | Edition 816

Tributes flow for councillor

Full throttle e thrills

Messing up in church

Casey’s Spin on sport

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True colours on show SHOWGOERS Lucy, Millie and Tom Dewar checking out displays at the Clifton Show on Saturday. Photographer Terry West was on-hand to capture the colour of the annual Clifton Show at the weekend. Catch our coverage on page 5. This weekend attention shifts to Killarney where organisers are keeping their fingers crossed that the rain of recent years will stay away for the 104th show.

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The education campaign aims to help candidates be transparent and protect the reputations of themselves and others by stopping false or frivolous complaints being made to the CCC. CCC chairman Alan MacSporran QC said while most candidates ran honest campaigns, history indicated there were spikes in the number of complaints to the CCC during local government elections. “Regrettably our experience has shown that during election campaigns, some candidates have been known to make allegations to the CCC in the hope of gaining some advantage over rival candidates,”

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LET the campaigns begin. After months of speculation and early campaigning, the official campaigns for this year’s Southern Downs Council elections finally got underway yesterday with nomination period officially closing. The elections will be held on 19 March, with 36 people nominating as candidates for the Southern Downs council - and four for the position of mayor. In the mayoral race Jay Nauss has drawn number one on the ballot, with current deputy mayor Ross Bartley who is putting his hat in the ring for

the top job this time - taking the second spot. Tracy Dobie drew number three with current incumbent Peter Blundell drawing the last place. On the main ballot, it was Phillip Buddle who drew the all-important top spot ahead of Steve Hilton and Neil Meiklejohn. Meanwhile the Crime and Corruption Commission (CCC) and the Local Government Association of Queensland have teamed-up to urge candidates for the 2016 local government election to run honest campaigns. An education campaign was launched earlier this month by the CCC with the full support of the LGAQ.

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Mr MacSporran said. “Our data indicates that in the weeks prior to and during the 2008 and 2012 local government elections, there was a rise in the number of complaints we received about the local government sector when compared to the yearly average.” Making baseless complaints to the CCC, and then publicising the fact a complaint has been made, will often cause reputational damage to others and also negatively impact on the person making the complaint. It can also be a criminal offence to knowingly make a complaint that is not true.

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