Queensland government minister Mark Bailey will not face criminal charges over his deletion of a private email account.
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The crime watchdog confirmed on Friday morning it would not prosecute Mr Bailey for the use of his mangocube6@yahoo.co.uk email account and deletion of public records.
That was despite the Crime and Corruption Commission finding earlier this year he raised a "reasonable suspicion of corrupt conduct" in deleting work-related emails and deactivating the private account.
The CCC found 1199 records in Mr Bailey's email account were considered public records but 660 could only be disposed of with authorisation by the State Archivist, which did not give permission.
The saga was sparked after it was revealed Mr Bailey deleted the email account, following reports he was contacted at that address by the Electrical Trades Union over the merger of Energy Super and Victoria's Equip Super.
Mr Bailey said he deleted the account because he could not control who contacted him via the account.
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