LNP PROBE: The head office of the LNP could look into electoral donations to Mudgeeraba MP Ros Bates (above). Picture: Luke Marsden Source: The Courier-Mail
DONATIONS made directly to embattled Newman Government minister Ros Bates will be probed by the Liberal National Party's head office.
Ms Bates could be forced to amend her donation declaration given to the Electoral Commission of Queensland and the LNP have to repay money to the donor.
The probe will look at $3000 given to Ms Bates in the final days of the 2012 election by Queensland-based IT firm Technology One and a discrepancy in how it was declared.
It is another blow for Ms Bates, who is on sick leave, after lurching from one issue to another during her brief time in Cabinet.
An extraordinary release of the Queensland Government Gazette has indicated Ms Bates will be back at work earlier than expected on December 2, but still not in time for next week's parliamentary sittings.
Premier Campbell Newman has insisted none of the issues surrounding Ms Bates constituted a "hanging offence" and he retains confidence in the minister.
The Courier-Mail revealed this week that Ms Bates had recorded in her declaration two donations of $1500 from two individuals on the same day, both of whom are senior executives of Technology One.
However, the company's declaration indicates the donations came from its accounts, rather than the individuals, Steve Terry and Roger Phare.
The combined $3000 amount is potentially a breach of electoral laws because it surpasses the $2000 cap that any individual or company is allowed to give a candidate directly.
It is believed the payments were made electronically an hour and a half apart using corporate credit cards.
LNP state director Brad Henderson yesterday said he was satisfied the details in the declaration were an accurate reflection of the information given to the party by the donors.
``Our party members have an obligation to record details of donors and in most instances they accept information provided to them by the donor on face value,'' he said.
However, Mr Henderson said the party would probe the matter given Technology One had lodged a declaration indicating the donation had come from its accounts, rather than the individual executives.
``In the event that the party unit at Mudgeeraba needs to provide an amended return to the ECQ we will assist them with that in accordance with the Electoral Act which provides for that,'' he said.
Ms Bates' lobbyist contact register, which she was forced to amend after tabling an inaccurate version in Parliament, shows Technology One has snared several meetings with the minister since the election.
Most meetings have been organised through LNP-aligned lobbyist Santo Santoro.
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