Queensland Premier David Crisafulli has said anyone with proof that two of his ministers breached the code of conduct over an undeclared extramarital affair and an undeclared conflict of interest should report them to the corruption watchdog, despite him receiving a letter about the relationship almost a year ago.
On Saturday, it was reported in The Australian that Sport Minister Tim Mander’s sister-in-law wrote to Crisafulli in June last year telling him Mander had told his wife he’d been seeing Child Safety Minister Amanda Camm for two years, dating back when they were in opposition.
Mander ended his marriage in April 2025 and told wife Gayle about the affair in June, according to the letter, prompting his sister-in-law, Lynne Waters, to write to the premier about the potential for undeclared conflicts of interest.
In the letter, which the premier’s chief of staff responded to in the first week of July, Waters asked Crisafulli whether he was aware of the relationship, and whether it had been declared as a potential conflict of interest.
According to reports, Mander and Camm formally told cabinet of their affair within a month of the premier receiving the letter.
Under ministerial guidelines, ministers have one month to declare a potential conflict of interest through their relationships.
At a heated press conference on Sunday, Crisafulli was pressed on what actions he’d taken after receiving the letter, and whether the couple had breached the ministerial code of conduct.
He said he found out about the relationship when they declared it at the cabinet meeting, despite receiving the letter from Waters roughly a month earlier.
Asked whether he should have referred the matter to the Crime and Corruption Commission, Crisafulli said he believed the ministers when they said they declared it at the right time.
“Both ministers have said they’re well aware, they made themselves very familiar with it, [and] they’ve conducted themselves the way they should,” Crisafulli said.
He said if the opposition or anyone else thought this was not the case, they should refer it to the CCC or other appropriate authorities, promising it would be taken seriously.
“Integrity in government matters,” he said.
Speaking after the premier’s press conference, Deputy Opposition Leader Cameron Dick said the government should release any documents relating to how the conflict was handled, pointing to government decisions that could have been impacted, such as the call to move Olympic sailing to Camm’s Whitsundays electorate for the 2032 Games.
“We say, release the advice that they received from the integrity commissioner about the relationship,” he said.
Opposition Leader Steven Miles said Labor would consider referring the matter to the CCC once a fuller picture was provided publicly.
“David Crisafulli was personally asked to investigate this, and he did not,” he said.
In a statement released on Sunday afternoon, Mander said he and Camm started a relationship in June 2023, while in opposition, which ended in May 2024.
“We were categorically not in a relationship when we were sworn in as ministers in late 2024,” he said.
“In April 2025, I made the decision to separate from my wife.
“In June 2025, Amanda and I reconnected and our relationship began. I immediately sought advice from the integrity commissioner and the Clerk of the Parliament, and made all the necessary declarations in line with that advice and the ministerial code of conduct. I take these obligations seriously and will continue to meet them.”
Camm also released a statement claiming the same timeline for the relationship.
“I have complied with integrity advice and conflict management plans, all appropriate disclosures have been made,” she said.
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