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Tim Mander
Shadow Minister for Housing and Public Works
Shadow Minister for Sport and Racing
In office
16 November 2020 – 28 October 2024
LeaderDavid Crisafulli
Preceded byMichael Hart (Housing and Public Works)
John-Paul Langbroek (Sport and Racing)
Deputy Leader of the Opposition in Queensland
Deputy Leader of the Liberal National Party
In office
12 December 2017 – 12 November 2020
LeaderDeb Frecklington
Preceded byDeb Frecklington
Succeeded byDavid Janetzki
Shadow Treasurer of Queensland
In office
15 December 2017 – 12 November 2020
LeaderDeb Frecklington
Preceded byScott Emerson
Succeeded byDavid Janetzki
Shadow Minister for Police, Fire and Emergency Services, Shadow Minister for Corrective Services
In office
6 May 2016 – 15 December 2017
LeaderTim Nicholls
Preceded byJarrod Bleijie
Succeeded byTrevor Watts (Police and Corrective Services)
Lachlan Millar (Fire and Emergency Services)
Shadow Minister for Education & Training
In office
14 February 2015 – 6 May 2016
LeaderLawrence Springborg
Preceded byAnthony Lynham (Education)
Yvette D'Ath (Training)
Succeeded byTracy Davis
Minister for Housing and Public Works of Queensland
In office
19 November 2012 – 14 February 2015
PremierCampbell Newman
Preceded byBruce Flegg
Succeeded byLeeanne Enoch
Member of the Queensland Parliament for Everton
Assumed office
24 March 2012
Preceded byMurray Watt
Personal details
Born (1961-08-09) 9 August 1961 (age 64)
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
PartyLiberal National Party
OccupationRugby league referee

Timothy Leonard Mander (born 9 August 1961)[1] is an Australian politician and a former leading Australian rugby league referee. He is a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly. Mander was the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and Deputy Leader of the Liberal National Party of Queensland.

Before politics

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A Christian and bible college graduate, Mander was the CEO of Scripture Union Queensland.[2]

Mander controlled the National Rugby League (NRL) grand final in 2004 and 2005. He refereed a total of 291 first grade games between 1992 and 2005. He was also an NRL video referee.[3]

Honours awarded to Mander include 2005 International Referee of the Year and 2005 Queensland Father of the Year.[4]

Politics

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Mander is the member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland for Everton, having been elected at the 2012 Queensland state election by defeating Labor's Murray Watt (the Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer). Mander was appointed Assistant Minister for Sport and Racing on 3 April 2012.[5] He was promoted to Minister of Housing and Public Works on 19 November 2012, following the resignation of Bruce Flegg.

Following poor opinion polling for LNP leader Lawrence Springborg, Mander initiated a leadership challenge against him, and former Treasurer Tim Nicholls also nominated for the position. In the first round, Mander received only 10 votes, against Nicholls' 14 and Springborg's 17, and was therefore eliminated. Nicholls eventually prevailed with 22 votes to Springborg's 19 and was sworn in as Opposition Leader on 6 May 2016.[6]

After the LNP lost the 2017 state election, Mander was elected deputy LNP leader, under leader Deb Frecklington.[7]

Extramarital affair with Amanda Camm

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On 1 May 2026, The Australian newspaper revealed that Queensland Premier David Crisafulli had been warned by a family relation to his wife Gayle Mander, in June 2025 that the 64 year old Tim Mander and 47-year-old fellow minister Amanda Camm had participated in a two year long extramarital affair, before Mander left Gayle. The secret relationship was only made public in July 2025, following the warning sent to Crisafulli. Political reporters raised questions regarding the integrity of decisions made involving Camm's electorate, which included a decision to change the location of the 2032 Summer Olympics sailing event to a location in Camm's electorate. Journalists also posed questions to Crisafulli regarding the affair but Crisafulli refused to answer, and had not held a press conference in Brisbane for several weeks after the warning was made public, but eventually relented to state that he was only made aware when the pair declared their relationship to cabinet in July 2025.[8] Journalists reported that a member of the Liberal National Party of Queensland had also warned the future Premier about the affair in a phone call in December 2023 and that it had been an open secret in the Party as early as February 2022.[9] After receiving the family member's warning, Richard Ferrett, Crisafulli's Chief of Staff wrote back to the family member suggesting that the alleged breaches of the Ministerial Code of Conduct were not "clear enough" to proceed with an investigation.

Deputy Opposition Leader Cameron Dick amplified calls for an investigation to take place, "Given the seriousness of these matters and the allegations in the media today, then the ministers should release those declarations and disclosures. I think Queenslanders would be deeply concerned that the ministerial code of conduct has not been complied with".[10] Queensland’s ministerial code of conduct states personal interests such as relationships and the interests of a minister’s spouse or partner must be ­declared by a minister to the Premier within one month of taking office.[11]

The aftermath of the affair also saw Mander referred to the Australian Electoral Commissioner requesting the Commissioner to investigate potential breaches of the Electoral Act and Criminal Code for giving false and misleading documents or information, in regard to his electoral enrolment address.[12]

References

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  1. ^ "Hon Timothy Mander". parliament.qld.gov.au. Archived from the original on 20 December 2013. Retrieved 20 December 2013.
  2. ^ "Tim Mander – New CEO for SU Queensland". Scripture Union Queensland. 14 December 2005. Archived from the original on 2 September 2007. Retrieved 30 March 2008.
  3. ^ "NRL Match Officiala – Video Referees". Archived from the original on 12 April 2008. Retrieved 30 March 2008.
  4. ^ "Number One Whistle Blower for Youth and Children's Ministry". Archived from the original on 30 July 2008. Retrieved 30 March 2008.
  5. ^ "Premier announces new Ministry". Department of Premier and Cabinet. 30 March 2012. Archived from the original on 19 April 2012. Retrieved 30 March 2012.
  6. ^ Vogler, Sarah (19 November 2012), "Former referee Tim Mander new Housing and Public Works Minister after Bruce Flegg's resignation", The Courier-Mail, retrieved 19 November 2012
  7. ^ "LNP chooses first female party leader Deb Frecklington to take on Premier Palaszczuk". ABC News. 12 December 2017.
  8. ^ Elks, Sarah; McKenna, Michael (18 July 2025). "Queensland Feeding the Chooks column: Tim Mander and Amanda Camm's secret relationship has been outed". The Australian. Retrieved 3 May 2026.
  9. ^ Elks, Sarah (3 May 2026). "Crisafulli integrity crisis deepens over ministers' affair claims". The Australian. Retrieved 3 May 2026.
  10. ^ Elks, Sarah (1 May 2026). "David Crisafulli warned of ministers' undisclosed relationship year ago". The Australian. Retrieved 3 May 2026.
  11. ^ Dennis, Julius (3 May 2026). "Tim Mander and Amanda Camm affair: Labor call for documents relating to possible conflict of interest". Brisbane Times. Retrieved 3 May 2026.
  12. ^ Elks, Sarah (22 April 2026). "Tim Mander faces AEC probe over voter enrolment allegations". The Australian. Retrieved 3 May 2026.
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