Victoria’s new planning minister has recused herself from any project involving her lobbyist brother to avoid a conflict of interest with his construction and development clients | heyracheddie
Victoria’s new planning minister has recused herself from any project involving her lobbyist brother to avoid a conflict of interest with his construction and development clients after a weeks-long headache for the government on integrity.last month in a cabinet reshuffle
New planning minister Lizzie Blandthorn and her brother John-Paul Blandthorn, a director of Labor-linked lobbying firm Hawker Britton.The firm’s clients include many prominent property and infrastructure companies, among them developers Dennis Family Corporation, Intrapac and Caydon, and construction giant John Holland in its role building the West Gate Tunnel.
There will be no contact between the firm and the minister, her office, or the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning on any planning matter.