Jonathan Milne

So it became quite shambolic.

He ended up taking over as chief executive, running the project himself.

And it wasn't just this.

There were

all kinds of big contracts being let to do strategic work, one of which they approved his wife subcontracting on this.

So it was all starting to turn into a really bad look.

And one of the locals, we think, wrote to the auditor general and said,

And the Auditor-General said we can have a look into this.

Bear in mind the Auditor-General was already concerned about the finances of the Council and whether it could remain a going concern.

And now they've got this added concern of a Chief Executive who seems to be spending with some kind of reckless disregard and getting his expenses signed off sometimes by the Mayor, sometimes by the Council, sometimes probably not really at all.

You know, he got six months rent free because the house wasn't ready to his standards when the family got there.

So they put him up in an accommodation on the island rent free.

And nonetheless, he still also felt the need to charge.

I think I added up about $14,000 of expenses pretty much on food.

And then thousands more on the credit card also, presumably on food and stuff.

The money was just twittering through his fingers.

And this on an island that was really worried about its own financial sustainability.

So you can imagine that locals were getting pretty concerned about this.

He has quit.

After the draft, Auditor General's report came out, and I've seen the final version of the report, and it was damning.