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| Cr Paul Tully - Greater Goodna Flood Group |
A flood group representing the hardest hit suburb in southeast Queensland in the 2011 flood has slammed suggestions the floods commission should censor information in its final report.
Premier Anna Bligh has supported plans to censor information if "it is in the interest of natural justice".
The Greater Goodna Flood Group has demanded an explanation how it could be in the interest of natural justice for the commission to cover up any information
Flood Group convenor Ipswich Councillor Paul Tully said: "There needs to be a full, open and accountable Commission - nothing more, nothing less.
"Anything else will taint the Commission and leave a trail of suspicion in the minds of Queenslanders which will never disappear."
Cr Tully said thousands of flood victims in Brisbane and Ipswich deserved a "full, uncensored report, warts and all".
"All of the evidence and information needs to come out now, not buried in the government archives for the next 30 years."
Cr Tully, who lost his own home in the January 2011 flood, said Commissioner Cate Holmes had a duty to all Queenslanders to keep nothing secret.
"How could the public ever be satisfied the full story has come out if critical evidence and submissions are locked up in bank vaults, never to see the light of day," Cr Tully said.
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