Kate Jones quits lobbying firm amid integrity questions
Former Palaszczuk minister Kate Jones has resigned from a public affairs company amid calls for an investigation over links between the Labor heavyweight and the lobbying firm.
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Former Palaszczuk minister Kate Jones has resigned from a public affairs company amid calls for an investigation over links between the Labor heavyweight and the lobbying firm.
Queensland’s Integrity Commissioner has made stark admissions on the rise in lobbyists and their links to the Miles government ahead of the October election.
Premier Steven Miles insists former minister Kate Jones is complying with “tough” lobbying laws as he downplayed and scoffed at integrity questions over her links with government.
Secret State Cabinet documents will be flung open to Queenslanders in a matter of weeks, it can be revealed.
A major consultancy firm has revealed it has eight executives embedded within Queensland Health, with a regular flow of staff between the two bodies.
After pledging to implement the finds of the state’s integrity report “lock, stock and barrel”, the Premier has displayed zero urgency, writes the editor.
Warnings have been issued by the state’s corruption watchdog over gaps in the Palaszczuk government’s proposed integrity law changes.
The troubling Mangocube controversy has raised its ugly head again, with an anti-corruption campaigner calling for a royal commission into the long-running political scandal.
The longer implementation of the Coaldrake recommendations into the state’s public sector takes, the harder it is to take Annastacia Palaszczuk seriously when she says she cares about integrity in her administration, writes the editor.
Queensland’s Health Department has spent $8m on contracts with Deloitte since the release of the landmark Coaldrake report, despite warnings it erodes public service capabilities.
A former Queensland Health lawyer who raised suspicions of corrupt conduct is still in the dark after five years, despite the case being settled.
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has introduced laws to ban the ‘dual-hatting’ of lobbyists in Queensland, a cornerstone recommendation from the landmark integrity review handed down almost 12 months ago.
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