Whistleblowers could be scared off from making complaints to the Crime and Misconduct Commission under recommendations accepted by the state government, a Parliamentary committee has warned.

The Parliamentary Crime and Misconduct Committee, which is chaired by independent MP Liz Cunningham and oversees the CMC, has written to Attorney-General Jarrod Bleijie with its concerns arising from a review of the Crime and Misconduct Act.

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The Newman government this week accepted several controversial recommendations arising from the Callinan and Aroney inquiry, including prosecutions for people who made baseless complaints and a requirement that all complaints be accompanied by a signed statutory declaration.

‘‘The committee does not consider that the requirements for a complaint the be accompanied by a statutory declaration will reduce vexatious or intractable complaints,’’ Ms Cunningham wrote in the PCMC’s response to the inquiry’s recommendations.