00:01The Sports Minister was missing in action from a Sports Bonanza announcement at Lang Park.
00:08Now he's missing from the front bench.
00:10Tim Mander released a statement saying,
00:12This afternoon I advise the Premier I am standing aside today as Minister while this is being sorted.
00:19Last month it was revealed Tim Mander had enrolled to vote at an Arana Hills home understood to be a
00:26staff member's.
00:27It was my principal place of residence from early January to the end of March.
00:34It is common knowledge that Mr Mander was spending a lot of time living at the Parliamentary Annex here.
00:41Now the Australian Electoral Commission has referred the Olympics Minister to the Federal Police,
00:46saying there's an absence of evidence he lived at the enrolled address.
00:51It's an offence to knowingly provide false or misleading information to a Commonwealth entity.
00:57Mr Mander claims,
01:12He couldn't answer the most basic question, where do you live?
01:17The AFP has confirmed it's received a report of crime.
01:21It's not a minor thing. It's not a misdemeanor.
01:26Mr Mander's resignation comes after weeks of intense scrutiny.
01:31Labor has referred him to the corruption watchdog over whether he made appropriate conflict of interest declarations
01:37in his relationship with fellow Minister Amanda Kam.
01:41Environment Minister Andrew Powell will act in his role in the interim.
01:47I amiken let's say I am very thankful to be on the firm's reach of the full scrutiny.
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