All non-Labor state MPs have joined the call for a probe into claims the McGowan government fast-tracked border exemptions for party donors between March and June 2020.
A spokeswoman for the CCC said it had received the opposition’s request for an investigation and was assessing it.
Opposition Leader Mia Davies said claims were serious and needed to be investigated further.
Deputy LNP leader Jarrod Bleijie has a “different categorisation” of events to those outlined by the CCC in a recent report,which bluntly rejected claims of interference with a lobbying regulator.
Opposition members have stymied a Palaszczuk government effort to install Queensland’s new anti-corruption boss for five years,citing the period of upheaval facing the agency.
Queensland’s corruption watchdog has lost a bid to have a man - who feared for his life after being shot in the back - punished for contempt for refusing to answer questions at a closed hearing.
A parliamentary committee has revealed part of the costs taxpayers have incurred in court action by former deputy premier Jackie Trad against the anti-corruption watchdog.
The majority of a powerful committee have failed to show at a public meeting where they would have had to again vote on releasing corruption watchdog details about its costs in ongoing court action by the former deputy premier.
The man who employed and oversaw the convicted fraudster during his time at the Department of Housing conceded the “gamekeeper became the poacher” as soon as he arrived.
The Queensland opposition has seized on Crime and Corruption Commission concerns about “disproportionate” access for lobbyists,ramping its calls for a royal commission into the Palaszczuk government’s decision-making processes.
The Queensland anti-corruption agency says future public hearings,a report,or the use of “other powers available” may also be needed to examine the issue,which has come under intense recent scrutiny.