Paul Pisasale


Paul Pisasale is a former mayor of the City of Ipswich in Queensland, Australia, and convicted extortionist. Pisasale was mayor of Ipswich from 2004 to 2017, making him one of Queensland's longest-serving mayors, and was last elected in 2016 with 83.45% of popular vote. He resigned as mayor in 2017 following a raid on his office by the Queensland Crime and Corruption Commission. He was subsequently charged with corruption in 2017. He was committed to stand trial on a number of other charges in 2019, including charges of sexual assault where he is accused of "unlawfully and indecently" assaulting an Ipswich woman, and charges of perjury.

Extortion conviction

Pisasale was convicted of two counts of extortion on 24 July 2019 where he was found to have impersonated a private investigator as part of a plot to unlawfully obtain $10,000 from another individual.
Pisasale was sentenced to two years in jail to be suspended after 12 months and commenced his sentence at the Wolston Correctional Centre where he was admitted to hospital from an exercise related injury within days of his incarceration.

Honors and other awards

In 2010, Pisasale was awarded the title of "QLD Local Hero" by the National Australia Day Council