Shane Cuthbert Excluded from the Queensland Parliament Regional Sitting
9th May, 2023
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Shane Cuthbert received a call from Michael Watkins, Sargent at Arms of the Queensland Parliament who informed him that a decision had been made in accordance with section 50 of the Parliamentary Services Act 1988 to exclude him from the Parliamentary Precinct during its Regional Sitting in Cairns.
Shane Cuthbert says 'Exclusion without reason is wrong and unfair, it is an abuse of the Speakers power and those that abuse powers must be taken to account'.
Shane Cuthbert held a press conference outside the Cairns Convention Centre, which was designated as the Parliamentary Precinct for the purposes of the Queensland Parliament Regional Sitting.
Trailblazing Friend and former Magistrate Pat O’Shane stated ‘I opine that Mr Cuthbert has good grounds for legal action, governments are not immune from legal action.. nor are the police a protected species’. Pat considered further, ‘What the High Court may think about the Speakers action’ adding, there are possibly human rights and constitutional implications.
It is believed the exclusion was based on Cuthbert's ongoing membership dispute with The Australian Labor Party (State of Queensland) currently in the Brisbane Court of Appeal.
Shane Cuthbert says 'Exclusion without reason is wrong and unfair, it is an abuse of the Speakers power and those that abuse powers must be taken to account'.
Shane Cuthbert held a press conference outside the Cairns Convention Centre, which was designated as the Parliamentary Precinct for the purposes of the Queensland Parliament Regional Sitting.
Trailblazing Friend and former Magistrate Pat O’Shane stated ‘I opine that Mr Cuthbert has good grounds for legal action, governments are not immune from legal action.. nor are the police a protected species’. Pat considered further, ‘What the High Court may think about the Speakers action’ adding, there are possibly human rights and constitutional implications.
It is believed the exclusion was based on Cuthbert's ongoing membership dispute with The Australian Labor Party (State of Queensland) currently in the Brisbane Court of Appeal.