Scott Driscoll 'helped sack Norsefire whistleblowers' SCOTT Driscoll helped sack managers at a community association who raised concerns about money being paid to the Driscoll family firm, Norsefire. Mr Driscoll even represented the taxpayer-funded association last year in a Fair Work hearing against one of the sacked staff, while an LNP MP. Emails show a series of senior staff at the Regional Community Association Moreton Bay complained that consultancy fees charged by Norsefire, owned by Emma Driscoll and where Mr Driscoll was sole director, were excessive or unbudgeted. The finance manager predicted in November 2011 that Mr Driscoll's invoices threatened the RCAMB's ability to pay wages. That worker, along with other complainants, found his services were no longer required at the RCAMB, which was declared insolvent last month and the 23 remaining staff stood down. Norsefire was hired in September 2011 to provide "media, communications and fundraising services" at $1000 a week. From about August 2012, this rose to $2850 a week. The services extended to Mr Driscoll last year drafting a dismissal letter to be given to an RCAMB manager and approving the wording of redundancy notices for junior staff. He advised on Fair Work cases, appearing in a conciliation hearing on behalf of the RCAMB against a sacked senior worker in August. According to a person at the Fair Work hearing, Mr Driscoll "did the majority of the speaking on behalf of RCAMB." Emails show the worker in the case had reported to the general manager in the run-up to the March 2012 election "a rumour going round that RCAMB is financing Scott Driscoll's election campaign." Mr Driscoll was forwarded the correspondence, to which he responded on March 9: "Frankly I don't give a s--- what lies any of those gutter rats want to spin about RCA funding my campaign or me flying to Mars to have sex with a one legged mutant midget." The same worker queried the body's finances again later when her team could not obtain funds to buy food for their homeless clients. She was dismissed soon afterwards. In May, general manager Steve Jarron warned RCAMB treasurer and close associate of Mr Driscoll's, Geoff Jamieson: "The Norsefire arrangement wasn't budgeted for." On receiving a Norsefire invoice from Mr Driscoll for $5300, finance manager Pubudu Madawala wrote to Mr Jarron on November 3, 2011: "I would like to bring to your attention that we have a very limited budget for consultancy fee like this ($10,000) and we have a tight cash flow situation with forecast loss of $120,000." Mr Jarron was made redundant in July. Mr Madawala was dismissed weeks later. With no general manager at RCAMB, Mr Driscoll secretly took over all its operations, directing the most senior remaining staffer by email. The MP is under joint investigation by the Crime and Misconduct Commission and police over allegations of fraud and misconduct. He did not respond to a request for comment.