Qld: Labor seeks to throw out former minister

AAP General News (Australia)
12-12-2006
Qld: Labor seeks to throw out former minister

Queensland ALP state secretary MILTON DICK says former minister GORDON NUTTALL will
get a fair hearing .. when the party considers throwing him out.

Mr NUTTALL .. a former BEATTIE government health minister .. is being investigated
by the Crime and Misconduct Commission over a 300 thousand dollar loan he received from
mining magnate KEN TALBOT.

The former Labor MP for the Brisbane bayside seat of Sandgate failed to declare the
loan on the parliamentary register of members' interests.

The Queensland ALP's administrative committee meets today to decide whether to follow
the premier's call to throw Mr NUTTALL out of the party.

Mr DICK says Mr NUTTALL will have a chance to present his case to the party's disputes
tribunal tomorrow.

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KEYWORD: NUTTALL (BRISBANE)

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