Queensland taxpayers fork out about $75,000 to fund the state's corruption watchdog's legal bill fighting court action brought by former deputy premier Jackie Trad.
Queensland taxpayers have forked out about $75,000 to fund the state's corruption watchdog's legal bill fighting court action brought by former deputy premier Jackie Trad.The CCC’s legal costs were revealed after a private meeting of the PCCCThe Crime and Corruption Commission has incurred the costs as a result of legal action launched by Ms Trad in the Supreme Court to have a CCC report suppressed from being publicly released.
It states the CCC briefed senior counsel Peter Dunning QC and junior counsel Matthew Wilkinson to represent it in relation to the judicial review brought by the applicant on May 24, 2021. The CCC's legal costs were revealed after a private meeting of the Parliamentary Crime and Corruption Committee this afternoon.
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