This report concludes an investigation by the Criminal Justice Commission into possible misuse of Parliamentary travel entitlements by Members of the 1986-1989 Queensland Legislative Assembly.
The possibility that such abuses may have occurred first came to the Commission's attention when, on 10 October 1990, journalist Peter Morley wrote a report published in The Courier-Mail alleging that a former Auditor-General of Queensland, V C Doyle, has raised the matter with the Premier of Queensland, M J Ahern, on 20 October 1988. The reports were titled "Auditor reveals misuse of funds" and "MP's in holiday scandal".
Of the 54 Members who were asked to provide information, 37 refused to do so, and were therefore served with a Notice to Discover Information under Section 3.1 of the Act. The Notice compulsorily required production of the information particularised therein.
Information was sought from some fifteen Members at private investigative hearings over 6 days, on camera, before the Chairman, Sir Max Bingham QC; those Members being chosen on the basis of the criteria detailed in the report.
