The Latest Breaking News from Nikola Stepanov

Unregulated lobbying to become offence under integrity laws proposed in Queensland

Queensland's integrity bodies will be strengthened as part of new laws introduced into parliament today as a result of a landmark review into the public service.

ABC News · Oct 14, 2022

Qld lobbyist ban a 'slap on the wrist'

Deputy Opposition Leader Jarrod Bleijie says the Queensland premier's ban on the trio of lobbyists doesn't stop their firms from working with the government.

AAP · Jul 5, 2022

Queensland's corruption watchdog finds integrity commissioner laptop controversy was 'mischaracterisation'

An investigation by Queensland's corruption watchdog into the controversy surrounding laptops taken from the integrity commissioner's office has found the circumstances were "entirely ordinary".

ABC News · Jul 4, 2022

Cruise ship ban to end; nation records 24 Covid deaths – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU · Mar 14, 2022

Qld premier takes aim after slur claim

Two senior public servants have been told to sort out their issues after Queensland's integrity boss claimed a bureaucrat directed a derogatory slur at her.

AAP · Mar 14, 2022

Queensland integrity commissioner Nikola Stepanov accuses Public Service Commission boss of misogynistic slur

Queensland integrity commissioner Nikola Stepanov says the head of the state's Public Service Commission, Robert Setter, called her a "b***h on a witch hunt" during a phone call in 2018.

ABC News · Mar 14, 2022

‘Bitch on a witch-hunt’: agency head says he didn’t make slur against Queensland integrity commissioner

Nikola Stepanov told a parliamentary committee that “I was called that term” by the Public Service Commission chief executive

The Guardian - AU · Mar 14, 2022

Office laptop complaint relating to office of Queensland's Integrity Commissioner still under investigation

Queensland's corruption watchdog confirms it dismissed credit card misuse allegations against Integrity Commissioner, Nikola Stepanov but was still investigating complaints relating to an office laptop.

ABC News · Feb 25, 2022

Qld govt laptop scandal claims refuted

Queensland's Crime and Corruption Commission has given startling evidence about a laptop seized from the integrity commissioner and wiped last year.

AAP · Feb 25, 2022

Qld treasurer says lobbying irrelevant

Queensland Treasurer Cameron Dick has hit out at the LNP's focus on lobbyists, saying the Opposition is demonstrating its "irrelevancy".

AAP · Feb 24, 2022