Pecuniary Interest Register - Cairns Mayor K M Byrne

Actions speak louder than words.


-----Original Message-----
From: John@Spiritus [mailto:john@spiritus.com.au]
Sent: Tuesday, 11 March 2008 9:01 AM
To: Michael Moore Cairns Blog
Subject: Fw: URGENT- PECUNIARY INTEREST REGISTER - CAIRNS MAYOR K M BYRNE

John Hawkes ... CCC

Hello John, have spoken to Tim Dunne, head of the Investigations Dept at the Qld. Dept of Local Government ... he confirms that our grounds are reasonable, in that an ASIC search of Kevin Byrne produced a voluminous list ... when compared to the photo copy we have of Kevins declarations in the Council Register there is a variance between the two .

Please no more delays as the 24 hour deadline is 12.14 pm today.


----- Original Message -----
From: "John@Spiritus"
Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:46 AM
Subject: URGENT- PECUNIARY INTEREST REGISTER - CAIRNS MAYOR K M BYRNE

Tim Dunne - Manager, Investigations, Qld Dept Local Govt.

Hello Tim, further to our previous discussions ... here is the reply from
acting CEO John Hawkes, who is normally General Manager Works ... he is Byrnes right hand man ... what next ? ... all best

----- Original Message -----
From: "Hawkes John"
Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 10:18 PM
Subject: PECUNIARY INTEREST REGISTER - CAIRNS MAYOR K M BYRNE

John,

I refer to your email of today's date and include below the Section of the Local Government Act 1993 relevant to your request.

In order for me to progress this request I am obliged to establish that your suspicion is based on "reasonable grounds".

Would you, therefore, please forward any relevant information to support such grounds.

Yours faithfully,

John Hawkes
Acting Chief Executive Officer
Cairns City Council
Ph. (07)40443320
email: j.hawkes@cairns.qld.gov.au

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LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1993

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Chapter 4 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT COUNCILLORS
Part 3 - ENTITLEMENTS AND OBLIGATIONS
Division 2 - Obligations of councillors
Section 249 - Queries on contents of register

Queries on contents of register

249.(1) A person who suspects on reasonable grounds that a register does not contain particulars that should be in the register may inform the chief executive officer of the local government.

(2) The chief executive officer must immediately inform the councillor concerned.

(3) The councillor must, within 30 days of being informed-

(a) establish whether the register should be amended to make it a true record of fact; and

(b) if the register should be amended-give the chief executive officer the appropriate particulars in writing.

(4) If the councillor establishes that the register does not need to be amended, the councillor must-

(a) complete a statutory declaration to the effect that the particulars in the register are a true record of fact; and

(b) give the statutory declaration to the chief executive officer.

-----Original Message-----
From: John@Spiritus [mailto:john@spiritus.com.au]
Sent: Monday, 10 March 2008 12:14 PM
To: Cottrell Samantha
Subject: PECUNIARY INTEREST REGISTER - CAIRNS MAYOR K M BYRNE

Acting CEO
Mr John Hawkes
Cairns City Council. C/ Personal Assistant Samantha
Cotterell

Hello John,

As suggested by the Investigation Dept of the Dept of Local Govt., we
request that you immediately obtain a statuatory declaration from Mayor
Byrne that his declarations of pecuniary interests in the Council
Register are correct ... if they are incorrect please have him
immediately correct them , and email us a copy.

By email please confirm receipt, and advise within 24 hours, actions
taken by you, and response, or lack of response, from Kevin Byrne.

Sincerely,

John Babet Cairns Ratepayers Action Group (CRAG)
ph 0411 877 506
email john@spiritus.com.au
10 March 2008