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Cheryl Goodenough

Qld MP to pay LNP candidate over defamatory publication

Former LNP candidate Bev Walters will get defamation damages from the state government's chief whip. (Darren England/AAP PHOTOS)

An LNP candidate who lost the seat of Capabala during the 2020 Queensland election will receive $50,000 in damages over a defamatory publication by her opponent, chief government whip Don Brown.

The matter filed by Bev Walters in the Brisbane Supreme Court three years ago was due to go to trial next week.

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