Emails were poor practice: Palaszczuk
QUEENSLAND Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has labelled the private emails between Transport and Main Roads Minister Mark Bailey and now deceased Electrical Trades Union boss Peter Simpson as “poor practice” .
The Premier was responding to her government’s integrity crisis following the release of the explosive emails.
“Let me make it very clear that those practices were not good practices – those practices do not happen now, they’re fixed,” she said.
The Premier pushed back on claims the then energy minister made decisions in cabinet based on Mr Simpson’s orders despite a long thread of disturbing emails.
“Firstly, I have written to all ministers, secondly, the state archivist wrote to all ministers as well, everybody is aware of their obligations now,” she said.
“These matters have been canvassed at length, they have been examined at length, and there are no findings of any corrupt conduct.
“The minister has apologised probably I think three or four times now.”
Ms Palaszczuk and Mr
Bailey were slammed over the dark underbelly of Labor’s integrity in parliament on Thursday.
Chains of emails linked to the state government’s socalled “mangocube” scandal from 2015 revealed a hit list of bureaucrats who posed a “big risk to Labor”, a minister being told how to act by a union boss and concerns over losing voters if a project was not approved.