
State's journalists get partial protection over revealing sources
Shield laws protecting Queensland journalists who refuse to name confidential sources will be extended to include the corruption watchdog.
Shield laws protecting Queensland journalists who refuse to name confidential sources will be extended to include the corruption watchdog.
Queensland taxpayers remain in the dark on how much the State Government is spending on legal action by former deputy premier Jackie Trad to keep a report into her conduct while in office suppressed.
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The Palaszczuk Government has bowed to pressure to reform the way it deals with lobbyists following a storm of criticism over Labor figures turned lobbyists having disproportionate access to ministers and other decision makers.
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has denied ordering three Labor MPs to suppress the legal costs of the former treasurer’s case against Queensland’s corruption watchdog.
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has asked her own director-general to look into allegations that a minister forced the former state archivist to mislead parliament.
Former deputy premier Jackie Trad has called on the Liberal National Party to stop the “mud-slinging” after she was cleared of wrongdoing by Queensland’s corruption watchdog.
Former deputy premier Jackie Trad has been cleared of any wrongdoing over the appointment of a school principal, but her interference in the process posed a “corruption risk”, according to the state’s corruption watchdog.