Politics
by KELMENY FRASER
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It took just 24 hours for Labor-linked lobbyist Evan Moorhead to secure access to Treasury officials via ex-Treasurer Jackie Trad's office for a millionaire hotel owner seeking a state bailout.
Emails released to The Courier-Mail through Right to Information laws reveal Mr Moorhead had secured a meeting with a top Treasury official for his client just 24 hours after an email introduction by Ms Trad's then chief-of-staff Mark Bellaver.
The client, Imperium Tourism Holdings, would later receive taxpayer-funded help in the form of a Queensland Treasury Corporation loan.
It shows the speedy introduction lobbyist of the hour and former Labor state secretary Evan Moorhead was able to secure to a high-ranking Treasury executive for a client of his lobbying firm Anacta Strategies.