Townsville MP Les Walker apologises for drunken fight
A Queensland Labor MP has apologised after he was fined over a drunken brawl inside a nightclub.
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A Queensland Labor MP has apologised after he was fined over a drunken brawl inside a nightclub.
Mundingburra MP Les Walker fined and banned from city centre over fight at Townsville nightclub ThuThursday 21 updated ThuThursday 21 JanJanuary 2021 at 7:21am Labor MP Les Walker, who is the former deputy mayor of Townsville, has been banned from Townsville's nightclub precinct. Share Print text only Cancel A North Queensland politician has been fined and banned from the city's nightclub precinct for his involvement in a fight. Key points: Les Walker has been fined $800 and banned from Townsville's Safe Night Precinct for 10 days The LNP is calling on the Premier and Mr Walker to comment The...
Queensland Labor MP Les Walker fined following pub brawl21/01/2021|1min Queensland Labor MP Les Walker has been fined and banned from Townsville's nightclub precinct for his involvement in a fight. Mundingburra Labor MP Les Walker got into a fight and was knocked unconscious at the Mad Cow Tavern during birthday celebrations last Saturday. He received a fine of $800 for the incident. In a statement, Queensland Premier Palaszczuk said she has accepted Les Walker's apology, and flagged he will also be apologising to the Townsville community. Two other men were also fined and banned from the p...
His official profile on the Queensland Parliament website lists his birthday as January 15, the night of the fight.
An MP fined $800 for his part in a nightclub fight says he can't remember the violent encounter as the Premier refused to publicly reprimand his behaviour. But the father of a teenage boy killed by a coward punch who has spent 14 years campaigning for cultural change says Annastacia Palaszczuk should "severely" rebuke the first-term MP to send a message about the dangers of alcohol-fuelled violence. Les Walker, 56, was yesterday fined $800 for public nuisance and banned for 10 days between 9pm and 5am from the Townsville Safe Night Precinct after an altercation just before 1am on Saturday...