Parliamentary privilege must be substantiated, Attorney-General Yvette D'Ath says

Independent MP Rob Pyne must be able to back up the sensational allegations of misconduct against former Ipswich Mayor Paul Pisasale, government MPs say.

Attorney-General Yvette D'Ath said any member of Parliament needed to make sure they could substantiate their claims if they put forward "those sorts of allegations" with the protection of privilege.

Cairns MP Rob Pyne has used Parliamentary privilege to table more documents.Credit: Chris Hyde

"Because privilege or not is does reflect on individuals and people should be able to use privilege to put serious issues that are of public interest in the Parliament," she said.

"But in doing so, you have a responsibility to also make sure that you also have all of the facts to support those issues."

Attorney-General Yvette D'Ath says MPs should be able to substantiate claims if they use Parliamentary privilege.Credit: Glenn Hunt

On Wednesday, Mr Pyne tabled a four-page document, levelling serious allegations of corruption and misconduct against Mr Pisasale and other senior council members.

Ms D'Ath said she was not aware of what evidence Mr Pyne had to substantiate his claims.

"That's something for him to answer to," she said.

"I'm not going to appropriate on whether it's appropriate or not [to use Parliamentary privilege]."

Treasurer Curtis Pitt said using Parliamentary privilege had to be done carefully and it had to be backed up with credible information.

"I haven't seen anything that says that there is a great deal of credible evidence behind that but that is really a question that must be asked of Mr Pyne," he said.

"They do have ramifications outside the Parliament and we always have to be conscious of that."

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said the Crime and Corruption Commission was undertaking an investigation into councils.

"I honestly believe that if Rob Pyne has anything he would like to forward the CCC, he should do so," Ms Palaszczuk said.