No punishment for Glenda Mather

Cr Glenda Mather

COUNCILLOR Glenda Mather has escaped punishment for an alleged breach of the councillors’ code of conduct during her campaign against a home for convicted serious sex offenders near Rockhampton’s jail.

After a complaint by the Department of Correctional Services and an investigation by the Crime and Misconduct Commission, the campaigning councillor has been issued with a letter of reprimand by Rockhampton Regional Council.

The council received an official complaint from the Capricornia Correctional Centre after Cr Mather was seen taking photographs of the house under construction on the prison estate.

Last month the CMC said it proposed to take no action against Cr Mather, who had led a protest against plans to build a facility for pedophiles and others who had been jailed for violent sexual offenders and released on licence.

This week the matter was laid to rest when the council confirmed it had issued a letter of reprimand for a minor breach of the councillors’ code of conduct. No further action would be taken, it said.