There are also no meetings with Maurice Blackburn listed in Mr Bailey’s diary for October.
Transport Minister Stirling Hinchliffe does not appear to have any relevant entries in his diary for October 6 or 7 but on October 14 met with representatives from professional services firm RPS Group and lobbyist firm SAS Group.
A search of the ECQ disclosures log reveals SAS Consulting Group disclosed $198 on August 31 for “1 tickets[sic] to QBPN event with Stirling Hinchliffe” and also an $11,000 membership to the Queensland Business Partnership Network on March 31.
A spokesman for Mr Hinchliffe said the minister attended the Business Partnership event but no meetings were held.
“The minister met with RPS Group and SAS Group during a Parliament sitting day on October 14 ... The SAS Group disclosure appears to relate to a separate event in September,” he said.
A Queensland government spokesman said ministers who had meetings relevant to their porfolios had disclosed those meetings.
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“While donations to the party are a matter for the state secretary,all donations are fully declared,” he said.
“As the government has made clear in the past,there will be no need for these types of events in the future.”
In October,Deputy Premier Steven Miles insisted the Labor event was transparent.
“We disclose all contributions,we disclose all meetings,” he said.
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Mr Miles defended the program as a chance to talk to businesses about the state’s economic recovery from COVID-19,but said they did not have to pay to get access to ministers.
“If you look at my diary,I meet with businesses every single day – hundreds and hundreds over the year,” he said.
Businesses to shell out for the program this year include KPMG,Slater&Gordon,construction company Watpac,the Queensland Trucking Association,Baxter Healthcare,the Local Government Association of Queensland,Transurban,Allianz,Black&White Cabs,Genex Power,Ramsay Health Care,the Taxi Council of Queensland and lobbyist firm Govstrat.
Labor state secretary Julie-Ann Campbell said:“Queensland Labor has been a leader in introducing some of the country’s strongest laws in relation to disclosure and transparency. All disclosures are made in accordance to law.”
The event came before state laws come into effect next year imposingcaps on donations to candidates and political parties.