Labor back off on Queensland anti corruption gag

Derek Barry
Updated August 14 2020 - 11:50am, first published 10:34am
Qld Attorney-General Yvette D'Ath has scrapped controversial plans to gag anti-corruption allegations.
Qld Attorney-General Yvette D'Ath has scrapped controversial plans to gag anti-corruption allegations.

The state government has backed off on its controversial plan to ban journalists from publishing corruption allegations about candidates during election campaigns.

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Derek Barry

Derek Barry

Editor, the North West Star

Editor of the North West Star Mount Isa since January 2016. Prior to that, an editor at several regional southern Queensland newspapers. Passionate about telling local stories. Comes with a strange accent to due an Irish accident of birth.

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