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Premium Content Subscriber only A former Queensland Racing manager who rorted the tendering process by feeding "inside information" about racetrack upgrades to a businessman has walked from court. William Alan Shuck, 55, faced Brisbane District Court on Monday where he pleaded guilty to five counts of fraud that he committed while working as infrastructure operations manager for Queensland Racing between 2014 and 2015. The court heard that Shuck gave Wayne Francis Innes "inside information" about project budgets and forwarded competitors' quotes so the businessman could secure work for his...

Premium Content Subscriber only The fraud trial of an ex-council CEO has heard he falsified meeting minutes and lied to rush a $500,000 severance payment for himself before he resigned. Former Hope Vale Aboriginal Shire Council chief executive Lee Robertson was charged with one count of fraud in 2015 after a Crime and Corruption Commission investigation. He had resigned from his role three years earlier. Mr Robertson pleaded not guilty to fraudulently obtaining $500,459.20 ($303,618.28 after tax) when his trial began on Monday. In his address to the jury on Thursday, crown prosecutor Sam...

Premium Content Subscriber only The fraud trial of an ex-council CEO has heard he falsified meeting minutes and lied to rush a $500,000 severance payment for himself before he resigned. Former Hope Vale Aboriginal Shire Council chief executive Lee Robertson was charged with one count of fraud in 2015 after a Crime and Corruption Commission investigation. He had resigned from his role three years earlier. Mr Robertson pleaded not guilty to fraudulently obtaining $500,459.20 ($303,618.28 after tax) when his trial began on Monday. In his address to the jury on Thursday, crown prosecutor Sam...

The trial of a former council CEO is drawing to a close as the jury considers a decision.