November 24 2005
Talk of legal action 'naive'
by Fiona Hamilton
council reporter
Thursday, 4 August 2011
November 24 2005: Talk of legal action 'naive'
Gold Coast Bulletin
November 24 2005
Talk of legal action 'naive'
by Fiona Hamilton
council reporter
November 24 2005
Talk of legal action 'naive'
by Fiona Hamilton
council reporter
May 31 2006: Power claims CMC is biased
Gold Coast Bulletin
Deputy Mayor criticises Needham in complaint
Power claims SMS is biased
by Fiona Hamilton
council reporter
Deputy Mayor criticises Needham in complaint
Power claims SMS is biased
by Fiona Hamilton
council reporter
September 25 2006: Power may consider legal action against CMC
Power may consider legal action against CMC
ABC News
September 25 2006
The Gold Coast's Deputy Mayor is considering whether to take legal action against the Crime and Misconduct Commission (CMC).
A magistrate has acquitted David Power of a charge of deliberately misleading the CMC over contributions to pro-developer candidates at the last council election.
Councillor Power says he will consider his political future and any action against the CMC during a holiday over the next two weeks.
"They're matters that I think are left for another day," he said.
"I am certainly bringing some matters to the attention of the parliamentary committee that are of deep concern to me regarding the behaviour of some CMC officers but unfortunately I am unable to go into too much detail at this stage."
ABC News
September 25 2006
The Gold Coast's Deputy Mayor is considering whether to take legal action against the Crime and Misconduct Commission (CMC).
A magistrate has acquitted David Power of a charge of deliberately misleading the CMC over contributions to pro-developer candidates at the last council election.
Councillor Power says he will consider his political future and any action against the CMC during a holiday over the next two weeks.
"They're matters that I think are left for another day," he said.
"I am certainly bringing some matters to the attention of the parliamentary committee that are of deep concern to me regarding the behaviour of some CMC officers but unfortunately I am unable to go into too much detail at this stage."
September 22 2006: Gold Coast deputy mayor cleared of deception
Gold Coast deputy mayor cleared of deception
by Kevin Meade
The Australian
September 22, 2006
GOLD Coast deputy mayor David Power was cleared today of a charge of misleading Queensland's Crime and Misconduct Comission.
Mr Power was prosecuted by the CMC in Brisbane Magistrates Court after an inquiry last year found the 2004 Gold Coast City Council election was corrupted by "secrecy, deceit and misinformation".
The deputy mayor admitted helping to organise a secret $150,000 fund for pro-development candidates.
But he denied the CMC's accusation that in a statement to the commission, he lied about the extent of his knowledge of how much money was raised and which candidates benefited.
Providing a false or misleading statement to the CMC carries a maximum penalty of 12 months jail.
Mr Power's lawyers argued he didn't have a case to answer because there was no evidence of Mr Power ever being notified of the details.
Mr Power set up the fund with the late councillor Sue Robbins.
The court had also been told Mr Power was an honest man who would never endanger his good reputation by lying to the CMC.
Magistrate John Lock said today he had "reasonable doubt" about the prosecution's claim Mr Power could recollect the individual fund amounts but did not tell the CMC about them.
"I am not convinced ... (that) he could be said to have knowingly misled the CMC,'' he said in a statement.
"The defendant is entitled to be acquitted ... in this instance I cannot be satisfied that the statements he made was to his knowledge false or misleading."
Outside court, Mr Power said he was happy with the outcome. The decision comes after prominent Gold Coast lawyer Anthony William Hickey was last month convicted and fined $6,375 for making false or misleading statements to the CMC.
by Kevin Meade
The Australian
September 22, 2006
GOLD Coast deputy mayor David Power was cleared today of a charge of misleading Queensland's Crime and Misconduct Comission.
Mr Power was prosecuted by the CMC in Brisbane Magistrates Court after an inquiry last year found the 2004 Gold Coast City Council election was corrupted by "secrecy, deceit and misinformation".
The deputy mayor admitted helping to organise a secret $150,000 fund for pro-development candidates.
But he denied the CMC's accusation that in a statement to the commission, he lied about the extent of his knowledge of how much money was raised and which candidates benefited.
Providing a false or misleading statement to the CMC carries a maximum penalty of 12 months jail.
Mr Power's lawyers argued he didn't have a case to answer because there was no evidence of Mr Power ever being notified of the details.
Mr Power set up the fund with the late councillor Sue Robbins.
The court had also been told Mr Power was an honest man who would never endanger his good reputation by lying to the CMC.
Magistrate John Lock said today he had "reasonable doubt" about the prosecution's claim Mr Power could recollect the individual fund amounts but did not tell the CMC about them.
"I am not convinced ... (that) he could be said to have knowingly misled the CMC,'' he said in a statement.
"The defendant is entitled to be acquitted ... in this instance I cannot be satisfied that the statements he made was to his knowledge false or misleading."
Outside court, Mr Power said he was happy with the outcome. The decision comes after prominent Gold Coast lawyer Anthony William Hickey was last month convicted and fined $6,375 for making false or misleading statements to the CMC.
Tuesday, 2 August 2011
August 3 2011: Coast mayoral race's dirty tricks
Coast mayoral race's dirty tricks
Matthew Killoran
August 3 2011
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Matthew Killoran
August 3 2011
THE wife and a friend of a sitting Gold Coast City councillor have been linked to social networking pages purporting to represent mayoral candidate David Power.
Mr Power said the fake Facebook sites, and an unrelated series of Twitter accounts and blogs, were evidence the mayoral campaign was getting dirty.
The creator of some of the Facebook sites, Steve Davis, said he did it to be obstructionist, satirical and to stop Mr Power from becoming mayor.
Mr Davis is a long-time associate of and financial contributor to Councillor Peter Young, who is expected to run for the top job, while Cr Young's wife Karen Young was a member of one of the fake David Power Facebook pages.
Mrs Young cut her association with the page when the matter was raised with her husband yesterday afternoon.
Cr Young said he was unaware of the sites or that his wife was a member of one and Mr Davis said his friend did not know about his actions.
Mr Power, a former Gold Coast council deputy mayor, said two Twitter accounts presenting as being his had been shut down.
One account was blank, while the other made `controversial and offensive' statements.
He said there was a blog, davidpower4mayor.blogspot.com, which listed Gold Coast Bulletin articles covering the 2005 Crime and Misconduct Commission inquiry into the Gold Coast City Council and Mr Power, but not articles about him being cleared.
There is no suggestion Cr Young is linked to the sites.
"They haven't put all the information up so it's defamation by malicious intent," said Mr Power.
There are similar "blogspot" sites for confirmed mayoral candidate councillor Susie Douglas, as well as potential candidates councillor Eddy Sarroff, Cr Young and former federal MP for Forde Brett Raguse, but they are blank.
There is little love lost between Cr Young and Mr Power; documents made public by Cr Young launched the 2005 CMC investigation that looked into a voting bloc led by the former deputy mayor.
Mr Power was found to have no case to answer.
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Mr Power said he had subpoenaed the search engine Google to find out who was behind the fake blog and any other sites using his registered campaign name "David Power 4 Mayor".
"I'm making it pretty clear that anyone who goes down this path has to have big pockets," he said.
"I let them get away with it in the 2004 election; I won't be letting that happen again."
While Mr Power said he was aware of three fake Facebook pages, Mr Davis said the mayoral candidate didn't do his research because "there are about 12 of them".
Mr Davis said he was responsible for the blank Twitter account, but did not post any comments and had nothing to do with the fake blog.
Wednesday, 6 July 2011
May 13 2006: Vote Again If you could turn back time... would you vote for the same councillors?
Gold Coast Weekend Bulletin
May 13-14 2006
Vote Again
If you could turn back time... would you vote for the same councillors?
Stand down
Minister repeats call to defiant councillors
Deputy Mayor demands she apologises
Gold Coast Weekend Bulletin
May 13-14 2006
No laughing matter
Boyle and Power in stand-off
Gold Coast Weekend Bulletin
May 13-14 2006
Roughie's key role
Ray proves crucial link
Defiant Betts taunts CMC
Gold Coast Weekend Bulletin
May 13-14 2006
'Limping council' must be sacked
Developers split on future political donations
Gold Coast Weekend Bulletin
May 13-14 2006
The Gold Coast: Queensland or a foreign land?
Crime and Misconduct Commission chairman Robert Needham's hard-hitting introduction to his 185-page report
Gold Coast Weekend Bulletin
May 13-14 2006
Are they worth a second look
May 13-14 2006
Vote Again
If you could turn back time... would you vote for the same councillors?
Stand down
Minister repeats call to defiant councillors
Deputy Mayor demands she apologises
Gold Coast Weekend Bulletin
May 13-14 2006
No laughing matter
Boyle and Power in stand-off
Gold Coast Weekend Bulletin
May 13-14 2006
Roughie's key role
Ray proves crucial link
Defiant Betts taunts CMC
Gold Coast Weekend Bulletin
May 13-14 2006
'Limping council' must be sacked
Developers split on future political donations
Gold Coast Weekend Bulletin
May 13-14 2006
The Gold Coast: Queensland or a foreign land?
Crime and Misconduct Commission chairman Robert Needham's hard-hitting introduction to his 185-page report
Gold Coast Weekend Bulletin
May 13-14 2006
Are they worth a second look
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