Anyone working for a lobbying firm will need to be registered as a lobbyist, as part of a raft of changes announced by Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk to strengthen lobbying rules.
Anyone working for a lobbying firm will need to be registered as a lobbyist, as part of a raft of changes announced by Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk today in a bid to strengthen lobbying rules.People working for a lobbying firm will need to be registered, with only administration staff exemptLobbyists will also have to make requests in writing – not via phone
Ms Palaszczuk said the changes – endorsed by Cabinet on Monday – were a "fundamental first step" ahead of Peter Coaldrake's final report into culture and accountability in the public sector, due tomorrow. The flagged changes include expanding the definition of lobbyist and "lifting points of contact" in ministerial offices to a higher level.
"If you are working for a lobbying firm — and you may be called an advisor, a consultant, a communications specialist — you will now be deemed to be a lobbyist, so we are expanding that definition of lobbying, which I think is very important," Ms Palaszczuk said. "That basically means anyone working for a lobbying firm will need to be registered as a lobbyist — the only exemption there will be if you're working for that firm and you are administration staff.
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