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SIBELCO AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND (SIBELCO) Electoral Expenditure Electoral Commission of Queensland annual disclosure returns 32 reveal that Sibelco undertook major electoral expenditure as a third party campaigner in 2011/2012. Received from Return year Amount Sibelco 2011/12 $91,840 Sibelco 2013/14 $2000 Total $93,840 Those amounts reflect only donations disclosed in Electoral Commission Queensland disclosure returns. Sibelco’s wider spending on influencing political decision making has been estimated at over $1 million. For example, in the Qld Parliament in 2016, Minister Anthony Lynham stated that "The LNP had no plan for the transition of this island. They did not even have a clear policy for the island until Sibelco became a significant donor in their 2012 election campaign. I am talking about a reported over $90,000 in donations and over $1 million in a political campaign opposing the previous Labor government" 33 . Access The Qld lobbying contacts register reveals the following meetings between lobbyist company Rowland Pty Ltd, acting on behalf of Sibelco, with key government departments and ministerial advisers. Mining Company Client Sibelco Sibelco Lobbyist Company Rowland Pty Ltd Rowland Pty Ltd Who They Met With Senior Adviser to Premier Minister, National Parks and Adviser to http://statements.q ld.gov.au/Statemen t/2015/5/14/qld- Date Purpose Reference Link 1/5/2013 ‘Making or amendment of legislation’ 1/5/2013 ‘Making or amendment of legislation’ http://lobbyists.integrity.qld .gov.au/contactlogdetails.as px?id=32 http://lobbyists.integrity.qld .gov.au/contactlogdetails.as px?id=44 32 Electoral Commission of Queensland annual disclosure returns https://www.ecq.qld.gov.au/candidates-and-parties/funding-and-disclosure/disclosurereturns/annual-disclosure-returns 33 Qld Parliamentary Hansard, 17 th March 2016 Greasing the Wheels 13
Sibelco Sibelco Sibelco Sibelco Sibelco Sibelco Sibelco Sibelco Sibelco Rowland Pty Ltd Rowland Pty Ltd Rowland Pty Ltd Rowland Pty Ltd Rowland Pty Ltd Rowland Pty Ltd Rowland Pty Ltd Rowland Pty Ltd Rowland Pty Ltd exploration- release-underpins- 19-billion-gasindustry Minister Director-General, Department of Natural Resources & Mines, Minister, Department of Natural Resources & Mines, Deputy Director-General, Department of Natural Resources & Mines and Senior Adviser to Department of Natural Resources & Mines Minister Senior Adviser, Minister for ATSIMA Senior Adviser to Minister Cripps Chief of Staff to Minister Powell Senior Adviser to Minister Cripps Senior Adviser to Minister Powell Senior Adviser to Minister Cripps Senior Adviser to Minister for Natural Resources and Mines. Minister for Environment and Heritage Protection and Chief of Staff to the Minister 1/5/2013 ‘Making or amendment of legislation’ 7/5/2013 ‘Commercial-inconfidence’ 9/5/2013 ‘Making or amendment of legislation’ 9/5/2013 ‘Commercial-inconfidence’ 13/5/2013 ‘Commercial-inconfidence’ 15/5/2013 ‘Commercial-inconfidence’ 28/5/2013 ‘Making or amendment of legislation’ 19/6/2013 ‘Making or amendment of legislation’ http://lobbyists.integrity.qld .gov.au/contactlogdetails.as px?id=45 http://lobbyists.integrity.qld .gov.au/contactlogdetails.as px?id=47 http://lobbyists.integrity.qld .gov.au/contactlogdetails.as px?id=36 http://lobbyists.integrity.qld .gov.au/contactlogdetails.as px?id=39 http://lobbyists.integrity.qld .gov.au/contactlogdetails.as px?id=40 http://lobbyists.integrity.qld .gov.au/contactlogdetails.as px?id=43 http://lobbyists.integrity.qld .gov.au/contactlogdetails.as px?id=54 http://lobbyists.integrity.qld .gov.au/contactlogdetails.as px?id=94 18/6/2013 http://lobbyists.integrity.qld .gov.au/contactlogdetails.as px?id=175 Greasing the Wheels 14
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