BRING IT: Premier Campbell Newman says allegations against MP Scott Driscoll (inset) are turning out like an Easter egg hunt. Pictures: Darren England Source: The Courier-Mail
SCOTT Driscoll has spent another day fending off accusations of impropriety, branding the latest allegation he misled parliament a "scurrilous" attack by people who were "jealous" of the fact he was the MP for Redcliffe.
The first-term MP was responding to revelations in yesterday's The Courier-Mail that he lied to State Parliament over the use of two telephones in his electorate office.
The Courier-Mail yesterday reported on new evidence directly tying Mr Driscoll to a scheme under which phone lines used by the Queensland Retail Traders and Shopkeepers Association, also known as the United Retail Federation, were moved to Mr Driscoll's electorate office last year so staff on parliamentary salaries could help run the lobby group.
It followed an earlier report that the QRTSA was paying Mr Driscoll wife's company Norsefire $350,000 a year for management services while her MP husband secretly ran it.
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Yesterday: Driscoll caught lying to Parliament about office phone lines
Wednesday: Driscoll faces possible CMC investigation over documents
Wednesday: LNP forced to address Redcliffe complaints
Tuesday: MP's office base for lobby group that paid wife's company $350,000 a year
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Member for Redcliffe Scott Driscoll makes a statement to Parliament on Tuesday. Picture: Darren England
"This article relies on private emails, including from my wife especially, to base its false allegation," Mr Driscoll told State Parliament in a brief statement yesterday morning.
"My wife's terminology in private emails to me is not relevant to my actions as an MP ... In reality and fact, what ultimately came about in regard to the article was a community and not-for-profit group amenity and benefit."
An email from Mr Driscoll's wife Emma Driscoll, obtained by The Courier-Mail, discussed in detail how URF phone lines should be installed in her husband's electorate office.
Mr Driscoll on Tuesday denied misusing his office in State Parliament, saying the phone lines were part of a "community hub".
Emails have raised questions about the purpose of phone lines installed in the electoral office of Redcliffe MP Scott Driscoll.
His alleged misuse of parliamentary resources and failures to disclose business interests have been referred to Parliament's Ethics Committee.
Premier Campbell Newman yesterday defended his response to the allegations against Mr Driscoll, saying all had been referred to appropriate authorities, and responded to a question from the Opposition about whether he had raised the latest allegations with Mr Driscoll by saying it was not his job to "interfere in the operations of electorate offices."
Nr Newman likened the series of scandals to an "Easter Egg hunt".
"You get an Easter egg and you are told by the Leader of the Opposition that there is another one over there and another down there," he said.
RETAIL ROLE: Liberal National Party MP for Redcliffe Scott Driscoll
Mr Newman said there had been many allegations and if people had information they should "bring it forward".
The Crime and Misconduct Commission is assessing thousands of documents relating to Mr Driscoll's business dealings, which were handed to the anti-corruption watchdog this week.
FULL COVERAGE
Yesterday: Driscoll caught lying to Parliament about office phone lines
Wednesday: Driscoll faces possible CMC investigation over documents
Wednesday: LNP forced to address Redcliffe complaints
Tuesday: MP's office base for lobby group that paid wife's company $350,000 a year
Tuesday: Premier Campbell Newman defends Scott Driscoll
Tuesday: Newman's spin doctors offer advice on managing scandal
Monday: LNP have been looking at Driscoll "for some time"
Monday: Driscoll faced all-night grilling by LNP chiefs after The Courier-Mail report
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