Annastacia Palaszczuk accused of politicising CCC on new chairman's first day
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Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk will push ahead with an inquiry into political donations despite Opposition accusations she is politicising the Crime and Corruption Commission (CCC) on the first day of the new chairman's tenure.
Ms Palaszcauk said she made an election commitment to investigate whether there was any connection between political donations and the awarding of contracts under the previous Liberal National Party (LNP) government.
"We will work out the terms of reference and the government will set the course for the way that we will fulfil that commitment," Ms Palaszczuk said.
Barrister Allan MacSporran was announced as CCC chairman at the end of July, ending a drawn-out stoush between the Labor Government and the LNP over who should hold the position.
"We said that we needed to have an independent chair [of the CCC] before we went down the path of setting up that inquiry," she said.
"And I'm very pleased that Alan MacSporran starts work today. Finally Queensland has a truly independent chair of our anti-corruption watchdog."
Ms Palaszczuk said she had no problem with Labor governments being included in the terms of reference but the LNP's former attorney-general Jarrod Bleijie said it was a witch hunt by the Labor Government.
"The first thing the new Labor Government wants to do is again involve the CCC with politics," he said.
"I think the CCC won't do that because they know the risks [of its integrity] associated with that."
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