Lobbyists must contact a minister’s chief of staff and request meetings in writing under new changes
, has moved to tighten political lobbying rules ahead of a key report being released into her own government’s integrity.
Palaszczuk on Monday pre-empted his possible recommendations and announced changes to the lobbying code of conduct. She said anyone working for a lobbying firm, except for administration staff, will be deemed a lobbyist. “There will be no lobbying activity for those under a senior adviser in a ministerial staff … the people who are appropriately trained, and have extensive knowledge of their portfolio responsibility,” Palaszczuk said.Lobbyists will no longer be allowed to write “other” as the subject of their meetings with ministers in the official register.
“We all know the premier announcing this … is nothing more than an attempt by the premier to look like she’s doing something, instead of actually doing something,” Bleijie said.Coaldrake’s interim report said the lobbyist register “is not doing the job which was intended” and found evidence of politicisation in the public service and ministerial staffer “overreach”.
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