{"id":28030,"date":"2015-05-08T18:50:20","date_gmt":"2015-05-08T08:50:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nofibs.com.au\/?p=28030"},"modified":"2019-04-13T23:56:11","modified_gmt":"2019-04-13T13:56:11","slug":"mermaid-rays-media-dance-continues-the-qldweekly-blogazine-qldpol-qldaah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.nofibs.com.au\/mermaid-rays-media-dance-continues-the-qldweekly-blogazine-qldpol-qldaah\/","title":{"rendered":"Mermaid Ray’s media dance continues \u2013 The #QldWeekly blogazine: #qldpol @Qldaah"},"content":{"rendered":"
Storifying\u00a0the week in Queensland politics.
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Table of contents<\/h3>\n
Mermaid Ray’s media dance continues.<\/a><\/h6>\n
(May 9, 2015) – Labor’s Brisbane mayoral race kicks off.<\/a><\/h6>\n
(May 8, 2015) – Carmody crisis revisited in Cowan appeal.<\/a><\/h6>\n
(May 7, 2015) – Resetting donation laws.<\/a><\/h6>\n
(May 6, 2015) – Suggested scripts.<\/a><\/h6>\n
(May 5, 2015) – Courier Mail fashion police.<\/a><\/h6>\n
(May 4, 2015) – Mischief and mayhem.<\/a><\/h6>\n
(May 3, 2015) – Premier leads Labour Day.<\/a><\/h6>\n

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Mermaid Ray’s media dance continues<\/h2>\n

Conflict of interest lost in a chicken dance<\/h3>\n

An investigation by\u00a0Independent Australia<\/a><\/em> has revealed a conflict of interest in the involvement of the member for Mermaid Beach, Ray Stevens and company Skyride. However, the main stream media has taken very little interest in the revelation. (For background information on ‘Mermaid’ Ray Stevens, check our report from November: A developer in the House.<\/a><\/p>\n

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  • Alex McKean reported, “Barrister Alex McKean says the long awaited Integrity Commissioner advice to Ray Stevens over his cable car plans for the Gold Coast suggests Ray Stevens has misled Parliament and the public over his clear conflicts of interest. Exclusive: Uncovered Integrity Commission advice poses more questions for Ray Stevens to dance around\u00a0Mr Ray Stevens MP has a long history of involvement as a proponent of a cable-way in the Springbrook National Park in the Gold Coast Hinterland. In 1998, the project, then named \u2018Naturelink\u2019, was rejected by the Beattie Government after a campaign by environmentalists.”:\u00a0Analysis: Ray Stevens’ chicken dance with the truth over Gold Coast Skyride.<\/a><\/li>\n
  • Dave Donovan<\/a>\u00a0reported, “IA finally uncovers the Integrity Commissioner\u2019s advice relating to \u2018Mermaid\u2019 Ray Stevens and his controversial Skyride project \u2014 and an IA investigation suggests he may have misled Parliament over its contents. Managing editor David Donovan reports.\u00a0Analysis: Ray Stevens’ chicken dance with the truth over Gold Coast Skyride\u00a0Independent Australia has finally received the Integrity Commissioner\u2019s advice relating to Ray Stevens\u2019 investment in the controversial Gold Coast Skyride cable car project.”:\u00a0Exclusive: Exposed Integrity Commission advice poses more questions for Ray Stevens to dance around.<\/a><\/li>\n
  • Dave Donovan<\/a>\u00a0reported, “Why did Ray Stevens give his long concealed Integrity Commission advice only to Channel Nine and why did Nine not release it until IA followed it up with them? Managing editor David Donovan reports. As was\u00a0discussed yesterday, even a cursory reading of LNP MP Ray Stevens\u2019 long hidden Integrity Commission advice about the Gold Coast Skyride project showed it did not give him the unqualified sign-off he had claimed in Parliament and elsewhere. It stood to reason that this would be the case, as Stevens does have an obvious conflict of interest, being a major investor and advisor in a highly controversial business development in a national park that only legislative changes he had voted for, made by the Government he was a senior figure in, had made viable.”:\u00a0The integrity of Ray Stevens and channel nine.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    It appears unlikely the media will report any further on the case. We asked Shane Doherty<\/a>\u00a0from Channel 9 why there wasn’t more interest in the story.<\/p>\n

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    @Qldaah<\/a> yes<\/p>\n

    — Shane Doherty (@ShaneDoherty9) May 4, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n