MP quiet on $30,000 campaign contribution source, says staffer-turned-candidate

By Cameron Atfield
Updated April 26 2017 - 9:13pm, first published 8:09pm
Federal MP Stuart Robert arrives for a hearing at the Crime and Corruption Commission (CCC) in Brisbane, Tuesday, April 18, 2017. Mr Roberts will today be questioned as part of investigation into conduct of candidates involved in the 2016 local government elections for the Gold Coast City Council, Moreton Bay Regional Council and Ipswich City Council. (AAP Image/Dan Peled) NO ARCHIVING AAP Photo??  Photo: AAP
Federal MP Stuart Robert arrives for a hearing at the Crime and Corruption Commission (CCC) in Brisbane, Tuesday, April 18, 2017. Mr Roberts will today be questioned as part of investigation into conduct of candidates involved in the 2016 local government elections for the Gold Coast City Council, Moreton Bay Regional Council and Ipswich City Council. (AAP Image/Dan Peled) NO ARCHIVING AAP Photo?? Photo: AAP

An electorate officer for federal Liberal National Party MP Stuart Robert has contradicted her boss in a Queensland Crime and Corruption Commission hearing in Brisbane, saying she was never told an LNP fundraising body would back her campaign.