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Qld council staffer charged with fraud
AAP
A Queensland council staff member has been charged with 24 fraud offences by the state's corruption watchdog.
The Townsville man, 50, is an employee of the Palm Island Aboriginal Shire Council, according to a statement released by the Crime and Corruption Commission on Saturday.
He was arrested, charged and released on bail in Brisbane on Friday afternoon to appear in the Townsville Magistrates Court on July 26.
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The CCC would not comment on the nature of the fraud allegations.
Palm Island is an Aboriginal community off the northern Queensland coast, about 65km north of Townsville.
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