Corruption watchdog investigates major council
Corruption investigators have set up camp at the Cairns Regional Council chambers and launched an interrogation into claims of favours to developers.
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Corruption investigators have set up camp at the Cairns Regional Council chambers and launched an interrogation into claims of favours to developers.
His barrister Susan Anderson told the court he was unable to work and suffered stress and other mental health issues since being stood down after being put on the performance plan due to his mistakes in the council's payroll system. The processing errors related to salary sacrifice, superannuation and termination pay process. However, Mr Ackers via his barrister said a large part of the payroll system required manual data entry and manual input because it was a "heavily customised system", which contributed to the errors. The court heard Mr Andrejic is accused of saying "If these mistakes...