The electoral commission found Sunshine Coast Mayor Rosanna Natoli accepted prohibited donations from a property developer. The high-profile mayor has defended her conduct.
Sunshine Coast Mayor candidate Rosanna Natoli has to repay $5,000 in political donations.Sunshine Coast mayor Rosanna Natoli has broken Queensland electoral donation laws by accepting donations from property developers.Ms Natoli is being forced to repay $5,000.Share article
Ms Natoli disclosed two $2,500 donations from the family's orthodontist, Dr Vas Srinivasan, and his wife on Boxing Day last year. "The evidence available to the ECQ does not demonstrate any intent by any person to deliberately make unlawful donations," the letter stated. "What the ECQ should do is come completely clean on the issues so that the public get to see what happened, what decision was made the reasons for it," he said.
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