Annastacia Palaszczuk accused of sharing private data of THOUSANDS of Australians with union bosses to target voters ahead of crunch election
- Queensland Premier accused of sharing data of Australians ahead of election
- ‘I do reject it,’ Annastacia Palaszczuk said, firmly denying the allegations
- Opposition leader Deb Frecklington said the report was ‘deeply concerning’
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has rejected accusations that her party illegally share private data of thousands of Australians to target them ahead of the election.
The Labor Party is accused of sharing details of citizens in the electoral role, including their names, addresses and contact numbers with the Queensland Council of Unions to target them.
The Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) is investigating the allegations which Ms Palaszczuk has insisted are not true.
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk denies allegations that her party shared private data of thousands of Australians to target them ahead of the election
‘I do reject it,’ she said, ABC reported.
‘The party secretary said to me that she has no evidence of any complaint.’
Labor’s State Secretary Julie-Ann Campbell (pictured) denied the claims the ALP shared contact details from the electoral roll
The premier insisted that her election win three years ago in 2017 was ‘clean’ and that everything that was done was under all the required Acts.
Labor’s State Secretary Julie-Ann Campbell also denied the claims calling it just ‘plain wrong’.
‘We take our obligations under the Commonwealth and State Electoral Acts very seriously,’ she told the Courier Mail.
‘We are confident that we have complied with those obligations.
‘The ALP does not have any information about a complaint beyond what was in today’s paper.
Ms Campbell said they have not been contacted by the AEC or Australian Federal Police regarding the allegations.
Instead she revealed that the party has gotten in contact with the AEC themselves for information about the complaint.
Reports of the accusations have opposition leader Deb Frecklington (pictured) ‘deeply concerned’ with just a week to go for the election
Reports of the accusations have opposition leader Deb Frecklington ‘deeply concerned’ with just a week to go for the election.
Both Ms Palaszczuk and Ms Frecklington are campaigning in the southeast of the state
Opposition leader Deb Frecklington said she was ‘deeply concerned’ about the reports.
According to the electoral commission, 580,000 people had already voted by 3.30pm on Friday, while 880,000 have applied to vote by post.
The election will be held on Saturday, October 31.