Tony Fitzgerald (right) handing his report to then-Queensland premier Mike Ahern in 1989.Credit:James McEwan
Ms Palaszczuk said that parliamentary committee report,handed down in December,had also found “systemic cultural issues” which would now be investigated by the new inquiry — to also feature retired Supreme Court judge Alan Wilson,QC,as a commissioner.
The announcement comes after a long-awaited cabinet meeting to discuss the parliamentary crime and corruption committee’s six recommendations,including the probe into the watchdog’s ability to both investigate and lay charges,along with the role of seconded police officers.
But with wide questions swirling in the past weeks about interference in the work of two of the state’s other key oversight agencies —the Integrity Commissioner andState Archivist — the inquiry has failed to appease the LNP Opposition’scalls for a broader probe into integrity in the state.
The parliamentary committee’s report stemmed from its own inquiry into the Logan matter,which led to the sacking of the entire council after a complaint raised by its then-chief executive and found the watchdog interfered in a related industrial relations case.
It also found then watchdog chair Allan MacSporran had not ensured the agency “acted independently and impartially”.
The LNP-chaired but Labor government-weighted committee departed from one key finding left open to it by,that his appointment could be terminated.