Despite numerous admissions of guilt Cansdell remains the Teflon Kid

The following article makes one wonder why former Nationals Clarence MP Steve Cansdell was not charged by the NSW Director of Public Prosecutions - when he has uttered numerous independent admissions of guilt to NSW Police and print, radio, television media, that he had made a false statement to a NSW Government agency to avoid losing his driving license.
A strong smell of buck passing appears to float in the air.

Channel 9 News 7 March 2012:

The NSW Director of Public Prosecutions does not expect to press charges against disgraced former Nationals MP Steve Cansdell, who quit parliament after admitting to signing a false statutory declaration.

Mr Cansdell resigned as the member for Clarence on the NSW north coast last September, over the statutory declaration signed in 2005 to avoid a speeding fine and loss of licence.

A camera had caught Mr Cansdell speeding on the Pacific Highway near Woodburn - however the false declaration laid blame for the offence on an unnamed third party.

In a brief statement to parliament, NSW Attorney-General Greg Smith announced Mr Cansdell would not be charged.

"The office of the NSW DPP has advised my that Mr Cansdell signed a Commonwealth Statutory Declaration, and therefore it is not expected any state charge will be brought," Mr Smith said during question time on Wednesday.

Brief background:

http://northcoastvoices.blogspot.com.au/2012/01/nsw-police-steve-cansdell-and-those.html
http://northcoastvoices.blogspot.com.au/2012/01/are-nationals-are-creating-bizarre-and.html
http://northcoastvoices.blogspot.com.au/2011/10/are-boys-in-blue-dragging-their-feet-in.html
http://northcoastvoices.blogspot.com.au/2011/09/whistleblower-named-and-collateral.html
http://northcoastvoices.blogspot.com.au/2011/10/same-old-same-old-from-nsw-north-coast.html
http://northcoastvoices.blogspot.com.au/2011/09/severe-weather-alert-sht-storm-about-to.html
http://northcoastvoices.blogspot.com.au/2011/09/did-clarence-mp-steve-cansdell-do.html

UPDATE:

Later in the day NSW Police said they would hand over the brief of evidence to the commonwealth DPP on Thursday, "after receiving internal legal advice".

Opposition police spokesman Nathan Rees said the failure to charge Mr Cansdell over the false declaration was "a cover-up, inside 12 months of government, and it stinks".

"This man, a former member of the government, conceded that he had broken the law," Mr Rees said.

"More than six months later, not a charge laid."

Mr Rees said the opposition had legal advice that Mr Cansdell could still be charged under state law, despite his declaration being a commonwealth one.

"The actual breaches are of state law," he said.

"Trying to flick it onto the commonwealth is simply not on." [Channel 9 News 7 March 2012]