Pisasale faces date with corruption watchdog

E M B A T T L E D e x - I p s w i c h mayor Paul Pisasale has been referred to Queensland’s corruption watchdog over misconduct allegations on the same day he was expelled from the Labor Party.

Just hours after being kicked out of the ALP, Queensland Labor MP Jo- Ann Miller referred Pisasale to the Crime and Corruption Commission over allegations made in State Parliament last week.

Independent MP Rob Pyne used parliamentary privilege to table the documents and make several allegations against the former mayor.

Ms Miller said she was concerned about claims in the documents relating to the proposed relocation of the Ipswich police communications centre at the time she was police minister in 2015.

She was most concerned about allegations Pisasale had been receiving leaked information about police raids and arrests from a police employee.

“Why did the mayor of Ipswich need to know about the locations of police raids and other operations?” Ms Miller wrote in her statement.

“These are serious questions that Pisasale needs to answer – and given the other matters surrounding him that have been widely reported in the media – these questions need to be answered with urgency.”

Pisasale’s Queensland Labor membership was yesterday terminated after his arrest and court appearance on extortion and assault charges.