Labor MP Don Brown
in his own words
Get to know your Capalaba MP. Here is only a selection of screenshots from Capalaba MP Don Brown's Facebook page and Twitter feed, followed by articles about Mr Brown in the Press.
Mr Brown comments on the Coaldrake report
Mr Brown comments on the judiciary
Mr Brown claims a Redland Councillor has a conviction.
Councillor's Criminal Intelligence Commission report shows no conviction exists
(document provided by the former Redland Councillor and reproduced with permission)
The ABN (Australian Business Number) was registered over 18 years ago, in 2002.
When registering a business name, there is no obligation to trade.
The business name Don't Walk Past was registered on the same date as the website domain name, to protect the website domain name.
No bank account was opened and no financial transactions took place.
The travel agency "Travel Bird" looked after travellers requiring specialised, complex, or custom-made international travel itineraries.
Mr Brown's claim was repeated via a letter printed on Parliamentary Letterhead which was mailed to voters in the Capalaba Electorate.
Mr Brown's claim was also sent via Press Release to Redland City Bulletin, which subsequently published his claim.
Mr Brown's statement was false. It is currently the subject of a Civil Defamation case in the Supreme Court of Qld.
The temporary opening of domestic borders was (and remains) immaterial to the Travel Bird business, which was sustained by Retained Company Earnings and Assets, Federal Government Business and Income Support, Income from Company Investments and income from an additional, non travel-related business.
(Travel Bird is a member of the BAWF Investments Pty Ltd group of businesses. The LNP Candidate is the Sole Director of BAWF Investments Pty Ltd.)
Travel Bird was (and remains) a financially viable agency, and retains its National Travel Agency Accreditation (ATAS) which includes vetting for financial solvency by the Australian Federation of Travel Agents (AFTA).
Mr Brown comments to a local councillor going through a divorce
Mr Brown comments to the brother of a local councillor
Don Brown MP comments on Local Redlands Councillors
Councillor Gleeson had arranged that he not personally handle ANY of the funds received from the Bushfire Relief concert which he organised. The concert raised over $6000 for the victims of Australian bushfires.
A comment published by Mr Brown 8 days prior to the Redlands Council Elections in 2020.
Don Brown MP comments on the Church
Don Brown MP comments on a fellow Redland MP
Don Brown MP comments on Unions
Don Brown MP speech before Parliament, 1 May 2019
Don Brown's union United Voice has contributed $692,910 to the Queensland Labor Party since the 2017 state election. This year the Labor party passed legislation to allow each of the 26 registered unions in QLD to be separately considered a third party for the purposes of electoral spending.
Don Brown MP comments on the Redlands Mayor
It was the Labor Party that abolished the Upper House in Queensland, removing an important check-and-balance tradition of Westminster government.
Don Brown MP comments on Extinction Rebellion
Don Brown MP comments on COVID
Mr Brown comments to explain30000 people protesting in King George Square in the middle of a pandemic
Don Brown MP comments on Clive Palmer
At time of writing, Mr Brown owned his former home in Bulimba. The Labor Premier also lives outside her electorate
Don Brown MP comments on the Federal MP
Labor MP Don Brown
in the Press
Brown claims delivery for a Redlands Council Initiative that was 100% funded by Redlands Council.
Mayor Karen Williams responds
11 July 2020
Labor MP Don Brown
...doctoring images......
...Mark Robinson is the LNP MP for Oodgeroo. Mr Brown created and tweeted a doctored flyer to present Dr Robinson as an MP for One Nation.
Image on Mr Brown's Facebook page which had been doctored to use a local councillor's face
Image on Mr Brown's Facebook page doctored to use a Federal MP's face and a fake sign
Labor MP Don Brown
working for the Unions
4 August 2022
9 March 2018
Mr Brown pickets a business in his own electorate
Labor MP Don Brown
the claims
2017 election promises
...2020 claims. Transitway not built and funds not allocated in the budget. Gateway on-ramp upgrade not done.
