David Crisafulli and the premier’s under-fire state ministers Amanda Camm and Tim Mander have been referred to the corruption watchdog, as the Opposition ramps up pressure on the government’s integrity standards.
Labor Opposition Leader Steven Miles wrote to the Crime and Corruption Commission on Wednesday to call on the body to probe potential conflict of interest issues stemming from the romantic relationship between Child Safety Minister Camm and Olympics Minister Mander.
The pair have been scrutinised this month over their previously secret relationship, with Crisafulli grilled about the timeline of their romance.
Mander and Camm have denied wrongdoing and rejected conflict of interest concerns as their then year-long affair stopped between May 2024 and June 2025, during which time Mander left his wife.
When publicly announcing their relationship last year, the couple released conflict of interest plans, but Mander has said Crisafulli and other shadow cabinet colleagues were aware of the affair when the LNP was in opposition.
The saga has been in the spotlight after Mander’s former sister-in-law, Lynne Waters, wrote to Crisafulli imploring him to investigate the pair’s potential breach of the ministerial code.
Crisafulli has stood by his ministers, as all three repeatedly asserted that all appropriate declarations had been made.
But Miles said the opposition was not satisfied with the government’s responses on the matter.
“The Crisafulli LNP government is in the midst of a very serious integrity crisis, and you saw yesterday in the parliament, the premier and those ministers are unwilling to answer simple questions about what happened.
“And so, for that reason, we’ve written today to the Crime and Corruption Commission to ask them to investigate every element of this integrity process.”
In a response to questions, the government directed this masthead to a section of the Crime and Corruption Act, where a person can be found to have committed an offence if a complaint is made not in good faith, recklessly or mischievously.
The referral, signed by Miles and Deputy Opposition Leader Cameron Dick, asked the watchdog to investigate whether there was a failure to disclose a conflict of interest from each minister, as well as a potential failure by Crisafulli to properly probe the conflict of interest.
“Questions were asked in the parliament between 21 and 23 April, 2026, and on 12 May, 2026, but the answers did not provide any clarity on whether the Integrity Commissioner was made aware of the full extent of the close personal relationship when providing a conflict of interest management plan, and whether the premier and his ministers have properly and lawfully discharged their duties and responsibilities,” Labor wrote in its letter to the CCC, seen by this masthead.
“This has led us to refer this matter for the CCC’s investigation.”
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James Hall is the News Director at the Brisbane Times. He is the former Queensland correspondent at The Australian Financial Review and has reported for a range of mastheads across the country, specialising on political and finance reporting.Connect via X or email.From our partners
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