{"id":11095,"date":"2026-05-14T06:27:21","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T06:27:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/11095\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T06:27:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T06:27:21","slug":"queensland-minister-amanda-camm-denies-wrongdoing-after-shares-disclosure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/11095\/","title":{"rendered":"Queensland Minister Amanda Camm denies wrongdoing after shares disclosure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Queensland&#8217;s under-fire Child Safety Minister Amanda Camm has defended updating her parliamentary register of interests, labelling opposition attacks as &#8220;gutter politics&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">The Whitsunday MP told parliament she had changed her register to include shares in family companies after media reports revealed the lack of disclosure.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">&#8220;The clerk has also advised that I inform the House at the earliest opportunity and make it clear that at all times I believed that I had made the correct declaration and certainly had no intent nor motivation to mislead,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A woman in a pink jacket staring directly at the camera. A blue and green lit studio in the background.\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au\/035e815225b24aebe0ed4575e8cde70a?impolicy=wcms_crop_resize&amp;cropH=4672&amp;cropW=7008&amp;xPos=0&amp;yPos=0&amp;width=862&amp;height=575\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">Child safety minister Amanda Camm has defended changes to her parliamentary register of interests. (ABC News: Stephen Cavenagh)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Ms Camm has faced intense scrutiny over integrity matters for more than a week and a separate matter involving her was referred to the state&#8217;s corruption watchdog by Labor on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Those allegations related to potential undeclared conflicts of interest stemming from her relationship with Olympics Minister Tim Mander, who was also referred, along with Premier David Crisafulli.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Each has denied any wrongdoing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">In clarifying her register of interests, Ms Camm told parliament she was the executor of her grandmother&#8217;s estate following her death.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Following advice from the parliament&#8217;s clerk, she declared her involvement as director of the three family companies.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A composite image of Tim Mander and Amanda Camm. \" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/7b70a52caabdfb6d35b21c6a40df4487.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">Tim Mander and Amanda Camm have faced scrutiny over their relationship. (ABC News)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">However, Labor tabled documents in parliament, claiming it showed that Ms Camm had become a shareholder in the businesses in 2024 and failed to update her register.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Opposition Leader Steven Miles interrogated the minister in the House, asking when she would &#8220;take responsibility for her actions&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2026-05-06\/qld-tim-mander-amanda-camm-politics\/106649200\" data-component=\"FullBleedLink\" class=\"RelatedCard_link__rsgR9 FullBleedLink_root__lTw_U interactive_focusContext__yRhc_ interactive_defaults__AKxUU FullBleedLink_showVisited__g3Xvz\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ministers insist &#8216;no conflict of interest&#8217; before declaring relationship<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP RelatedCard_synopsis__cFwMW Typography_sizeMobile14__u7TGe Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">Queensland ministers Tim Mander and Amanda Camm have fielded questions about their relationship and timeline.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Ms Camm labelled the questions &#8220;gutter politics&#8221; and accused Labor of politicising &#8220;the death of a family member&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">A register of interest provides a public record of the financial interests of members for transparency and accountability.<\/p>\n<p>The premier accuses opposition of crossing a line<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">The child safety minister had told parliament that part of the reason she had taken control of her grandmother&#8217;s estate was for the benefit of a family member with an intellectual disability.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">In fiery scenes in state parliament, the premier accused the opposition of crossing a line.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Queensland premier David Crisafulli in a blue suit outdoors\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1778740041_723_295ca916b62be4086f2752000db622fa.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">Queensland premier David Crisafulli defended Ms Camm. (ABC News: Lucas Hill)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">&#8220;This place will always be a place of robust discussion and debate, it should be&#8221;, Mr Crisafulli told the House.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">&#8220;If those opposite want to articulate allegations about relationships and conflicts of interest, absolutely no dramas.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But when you start talking about arrangements outside this place with others, when you start talking about someone caring for a family member, that&#8217;s a no-go zone.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Both Ms Camm and Mr Crisafulli claimed she had no financial benefit from the arrangement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">&#8220;I want to make it very clear on the record, Mr Speaker, that I do not own any shares in the company. I oversee it as an executor of an estate,&#8221; Ms Camm told parliament.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">The Whitsunday MP apologised to the House in 2021, after she failed to declare a company and a trust in which she had an interest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Queensland&#8217;s under-fire Child Safety Minister Amanda Camm has defended updating her parliamentary register of interests, labelling opposition attacks&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11096,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[12072,5480,22,21,12075,1601,12073,12069,12074,12070,3218,211,212,12068,12071],"class_list":["post-11095","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-accusations","tag-amanda-camm","tag-au","tag-austrlia","tag-clerk","tag-david-crisafulli","tag-denies","tag-disclosure","tag-gutter","tag-member","tag-parliament","tag-qld","tag-queensland","tag-shares","tag-wrongdoing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11095","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11095"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11095\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11096"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}