Lobo was preselected to contest the seat of Lilley,but questions about his correct address emerged on May 6 when electoral rolls were finalised.
Lobo,a businessman,was the LNP’s second choice to take on Labor’s Anika Wells in Lilley,which she held in her first term with a margin of just 0.6 per cent.
Federal police are still investing electoral fraud allegations against the LNP’s candidate in the seat of Lilley at the May 21 federal election.Facebook
He is accused of providing the Australian Electoral Commission with an address in Everton Hills — within the electorate of Lilley — when he was still living in Windsor,which is in the neighbouring electorate of Brisbane.
It is not illegal for a candidate to live outside the electorate they’re contesting,however it is illegal to provide incorrect details to the AEC.
The Australian Federal Police on Thursday afternoon confirmed their investigation into electoral fraud allegations and Lobo were continuing.
“As this matter is still under investigation,it would be inappropriate to comment further,” an AFP spokesman said.
WhenBrisbane Times visited the Everton Hills property on May 6,there were temporary curtains,recently mown lawns but no one at home. A campaign vehicle had been parked in the driveway.
Lobo claimed his move from Windsor had simply been delayed.
“I enrolled in the electorate as I had signed a lease in Everton Park with the intention to move in straight away,” Lobo said at the time,through an LNP spokeswoman.
“However,due to my campaign commitments and difficulty with getting tradespeople to the home,I was delayed moving in.”
Federal police are investigating allegations Mr Lobo listed this Everton Hills home as his correct residential address but he had not been living at.Tony Moore
Lobo was a late starter to the election campaign and was recruited by the LNP when Ryan Shaw,their first candidate,withdrew in February.
Wells won the seat of Lilley with a 6.2 per cent swing to record 60.5 per cent of the two-party preferred vote. She is now Minister for Aged Care and Sport in the Albanese government.
The LNP suffered a 10.5 per cent swing against them in Lilley to receive 39.5 per cent of the two-party preferred vote. It is not clear who the party’s candidate will be for the next election.