A man who once filmed his cowering wife covered in massive bruises, and shouting from behind the camera ‘show me your f–king legs’, has put his hand up for election to council.
September 26, 2023
A man once “exposed” for filming and screaming at a bruised and cowering woman has claimed he can relate to youth criminals and is the councillor Cairns needs.
Cairns City resident Shane Cuthbert will contest Division 4 at the Cairns Regional Council elections in March.
His history is littered with criminal convictions; but, he said he is a reformed man with ambitions for eventual election to state government.
“My actions over the last four or five years … I think they speak volumes of me as a person,” Shane Cuthbert said.
“I think I’ve done more in the community than most people.”
Shane Cuthbert is the “president” of two charities; he claimed he volunteered with several organisations.
According to the Australian Charities and Not-for profits Commission, his charities – Domestic Violence Anonymous and Shane Cuthbert’s Change the World Foundation – have never earnt nor spent a single dollar during three years of operations.
According to the Australian Charities and Not-for profits Commission, his charities – Domestic Violence Anonymous and Shane Cuthbert’s Change the World Foundation – have never earnt nor spent a single dollar during three years of operations.
“Domestic Violence Anonymous doesn’t need money to run, I run online zoom sessions with male victims and perpetrators of violence,” he said.
“Change the World Foundation I set up after discussing crime solutions with (a politician) … so that I could apply for grants … I have not yet been successful.
“I would like to set up a 24-hour youth centre in Cairns.”
Shane Cuthbert has had frequent contact with the judiciary.
In 2012 he appeared in a Parramatta court dressed as a clown after a charge of damaging a taxi – no conviction was recorded.
In 2015 he was ordered to pay a $2000 fine after detonating an explosive device in Bowen.
In 2016 he was remanded in custody, and eventually convicted, over 11 charges including wilful damage, breaches of DVO, drink driving and trespassing.
He was sentenced to six months in prison.
In the same year video surfaced of Shane Cuthbert’s ex-wife Berenger Rose cowering and crying with large bruises on her legs – Mr Cuthbert was behind the camera.
He can be heard yelling: “Show me your f–king legs”.
Berenger Rose responds: “You’re hurting me … please stop.”
Nine Network’s A Current Affair ran a series of reports on Shane Cuthbert following the video, the most recent in June.
The program stated Shane Cuthbert was “once exposed as a vile, despicable husband” and “his ex-wife calls him an abusive monster”.
On Shane Cuthbert’s council candidacy, Berenger Rose told the program: “It’s frightening to think someone who’s such a monster … is out there campaigning politically.”
Shane Cuthbert claimed his ex-wife’s behaviour drove him to “secretly” film her.
“I was struggling with mental health issues at the time,” he said.
“(It was suggested) I record (her) so I could use it to protect myself. The problem is it backfired on me.”
On Berenger Rose’s bruising, he said he was never charged for assault and the bruising was caused by a furniture handling accident while moving house.
“(For years) I’ve been trying to clear my name. I was not convicted (for assault) in a court,” he said.
Since becoming a Cairns resident in 2018, Shane Cuthbert has received two more convictions.
In August 2018 he was fined $500 for trying to board a flight under the alias Kermit the Frog.
In August 2021 he failed to beat a public nuisance charge after he lashed out at a police officer.
He stressed that none of his prior convictions had ever involved physical violence, and said he would never stand before a judge or magistrate as a defendant again.
“My prior convictions are very minimal,” he said.
“I’ve done a lot of hard work over the last few years and I think people see that.
“The word on the street that I’ve received is (people) are sick of the same old politicians … they need someone who’s rough around the edges … and that’s certainly me.”
Shane Cuthbert said he does not currently work but is completing a law degree.
He is currently listed as a candidate on ECQ’s website.
According to an ECQ spokeswoman, treason, electoral and integrity convictions would disqualify a person from running for council.
Shane Cuthbert’s convictions are not included under “integrity convictions” and therefore do not disqualify his candidacy according to the Local Government Act 2009.
Local paramedic Jeremy Neal is also contesting Division 4 as part of the Unity Team.
Mayoral candidate Amy Eden said her team also has a candidate for Division 4.
Shane Cuthbert Exposed on A Current Affair 2023
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Shane Cuthbert Exposed on A Current Affair 2024
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Shane Cuthbert Montage of Admissions
Shows Shane joking about being a rapist, curing Borderline Personality Disorder, pretending to be a life coach as well as recorded admissions about threatening to burn down his partners place if she doesn’t help him launder his drug money whilst laughing about plans to manipulate police, bikies and parliament.
Shane Cuthbert Admitting to Charity Fraud
Shows contrast between what Shane told A Current Affair about allegations of charity fraud and what he bragged to his mate privately about. Admits to registering ‘Domestic Violence Anonymous’ using identity fraud, exploiting the disabled, using forged documents to deceive the government and public.
Shane Cuthbert Recorded Conversations from May 2023
🔊Charity Fraud, Drug Trafficking & Police Informant
Shane Cuthbert admits to registering fake charities including ‘Domestic Violence Anonymous’ using the identity of his friends (including a mentally disabled man) and partner without their awareness. He admits to fooling members of parliament into thinking that he is an expert on DV and applying for grants. He also talks about trafficking guns and the drug ICE into Cairns whilst avoiding investigation by being a police informant.
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🔊Infiltrating Society & Collecting Dirt on Judges
Shane Cuthbert laughs about infiltrating every aspect of society. He talks about being a member of various law associations where he attends to get pictures with magistrates and judges. He explains that if he goes before one of these judicial officers as a defendant and the case isn’t going his way, he can produce the photos to claim a conflict of interest so that judicial officer will have to recuse themselves.
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🔊Threatens to Burn His Partners Place Down
Shane Cuthbert admits to running a business under his partner (Georgia Rosandich) name to avoid scrutiny due to his criminal record. He reveals he invested proceeds of crime into the venture and used Georgia’s name to secure licensing. He describes controlling the business from behind the scenes and threatening to burn it down if she cuts him out. He boasts about self-nominating for awards, manipulating systems, and using intimidation to maintain power.
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🔊Using Dead Cats to Intimidate Neighbour
Shane Cuthbert brags about placing dead animals on his neighbour’s front door step and car windshield as revenge for complaining about Shane’s loud parties. He brags about taunting police after a raid, and building fake business websites to create the illusion of criminal sophistication. He admits to collecting Centrelink while claiming to run multiple ventures and manipulating how others perceive him to appear more powerful and dangerous than he is.
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🔊Blackmailing Parliament to be like Adolf Hitler
Shane Cuthbert talks about his obsession with wanting to manipulate and blackmail the Queensland parliament to get his way and become the ultimate controller of the state, the country and the world to be like Hitler. He says Debbie Kilroy laughed when he told her about his wife, that Pat O’Shane doesn’t care about his past but is only interested in using him to research her PhD and that Cairns Councillor Rob Pyne is easily taken advantage of and is desperate for supporters.
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🔊Everyone is Too Scared to Talk About the Bruises
Shane Cuthbert admits he volunteers to gain votes and plans to run for state parliament with support from a political team helping him manage scandals. He confirms there is video evidence of bruises from a past domestic violence case but says people stay silent because they’re unsure how to react. He relies on his credibility and connections to prevent media scrutiny and believes journalists are too afraid to challenge him due to past legal threats.
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🔊Shane Cuthbert banned from Queensland parliament
Shane Cuthbert talks about his political ambitions and expresses frustration over being banned from attending QLD state parliament by Curtis Pitt MP, speaker of the house. He wonders if police have told the Labor Party that he is involved in organised crime. He also admits that a friend of his who is a police prosecutor advised him that if he sues government departments for $10k or less they will likely just settle out of court to avoid the costs.
🔊A Current Affair and Breaching the ADVO
Shane Cuthbert talks about contacting A Current Affair to request a copy of their 2016 segment. He also talks about the current Apprehended Domestic Violence Order condition which prohibits him from publishing photos or adverse comments about his ex wife Berenger Rose. He discusses testing the boundaries by talking about her to the media knowing that they would publish his comments and discusses what defence he would use if he’s charged.
Messages Shane Cuthbert Sent About Recordings Above
Shane Cuthbert doesn’t want anyone to find the recorded conversations above. Below are a small handful of screenshots of messages he’s sent to people who have shared them:
More Recordings of Shane Cuthbert talking about the A Current Affair segment and ADVO protecting his ex wife Berenger Rose from him.
Shane Cuthbert’s Documents & Legal Paperwork
Here are some relevant documents which includes a copy of the current ADVO protecting Berenger Rose from Shane Cuthbert (which lists a metal pole as the weapon he used against her). We also have the divorce paperwork (as Shane claims that he divorced her). We have Shane’s discharge certificate from Lotus Glen Correctional Centre as well as the list of convictions he was sentenced for in 2016, which include multiple breaches of Domestic Violence order as well as assault. (When Shane tells people his list of convictions he tends to leave these ones out). We also have Shane Cuthbert’s complete criminal history as well as a more recent bizarre letter he wrote to Cairns magistrates court after being ordered to leave.
Articles about what Shane Cuthbert did to Berenger Rose
In one of the recordings, we hear Shane Cuthbert express frustration at not being able to have the UK articles taken down. Here are the articles he is talking about which are still online:
Berenger Rose, who has appeared on the cover of Zoo magazine, says her husband Shane Cuthbert regularly beat her with wooden poles and tortured her with a cheese grater.
She told A Current Affair: “Every day, I thought ‘I am going to be that next victim. I am going to be that next woman that gets killed’.”
“He would call me crazy. Tell me that I was the one abusing him and I believed him. I thought I was the one with the problem.
“He wanted that model, that someone with followers that has that status and credibility to essentially leach off. “
The model, who says she was banned from working, also claims she was raped by her husband and suffered a miscarriage alone as he went out drinking.
Shane Cuthbert allegedly used wooden and metal poles as well as frying pans and a cheese grater to slice his leg in a campaign of torture against his wife.
Berenger Rose said: “He was ruthless. I would have to say in the last six months it was happening maybe every day.”
Berenger Rose, a 27-year-old model from Sydney, Australia, says she’s suffered years of domestic violence at the hands of her husband Shane Cuthbert, 25. She alleges the beatings were an almost daily occurrence.
In this horrifying video, which she claims was filmed by Cuthbert, she can be heard wimpering: ‘Please stop, you’re hurting me.’
As the camera focuses on Rose, huge bruises can be seen on her legs as she sobs on the sofa.
It’s reported the clip was later sent to Cuthbert’s friends.
