Ms Peckham told the program she was not seeking to politicise the issue. "I have no involvement, like I don't even vote, my religious beliefs, we don't vote. I've got no interest in any political party....all I care about is my children." Ms Peckham sent a letter to various MPs detailing domestic violence allegations against Mr Gordon as part of an effort to recover child support payments owed to her. Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk ordered State Secretary Evan Moorhead to address the issues raised in the letter, which included Mr Gordon's failure to lodge tax returns. Mr Moorhead said he ensured Mr Gordon paid the amount of child support outstanding at the time, and Mr Gordon told parliament he had rectified his tax return issue.

Ms Palaszczuk said Mr Moorhead had also encouraged the woman to go to the police over the domestic violence allegations. In the interview, Ms Peckham, who said Ms Palaszczuk had not personally contacted her, gave further details of the violence she said she suffered under Mr Gordon, who she labelled "a monster". She said she feared for her life and was 'a prisoner' during their relationship, with the alleged violence beginning after the birth of their eldest child. "It's like having dynamite strapped to you and you can't leave or it's going to go off," she said. The Premier ended up referring the allegations to police, but only once they were made public on a North Queensland blog published by former LNP MP, Gavin King late on Friday March 27, the same day Mr Gordon addressed parliament over his child support and tax issues.

The Opposition had also received the letter from Ms Peckham, and publicised Ms Peckham's email to LNP MP Tarnya Smith which said she was the only MP to contact her back. They also encouraged her to go to the police over the domestic violence allegations. It was later revealed Federal LNP MP Warren Entsch had been aware of the allegations before Ms Palaszczuk's office received the email. He later told Fairfax Radio he received proof of the child support and tax return claims at the same time as Ms Palaszczuk and outgoing Labor Senator and Mr Gordon's former employer Jan McLucas, having received the same email they did, which also included the domestic violence allegations. He said he did not act immediately, as he assumed "both are women, both are women and it highlighted domestic violence, I assumed that was the best place for it to go to have the matter dealt with and I assumed it would be." Mr King has also admitted to knowing of the woman's claims ahead of when she sent the email.

Two days after referring the matter to police, Ms Palaszczuk said she had ordered the party executive to expel Mr Gordon, not because of the allegations, but because of his "dishonesty" in not revealing his criminal past to her, when asked if there was "anything else". Mr Gordon resigned ahead of being sacked, but maintained he would continue to support the minority Labor government, as his constituents had voted for a Labor MP. Both Labor and the LNP have been arguing over which party holds the moral high ground ever since, with each accusing the other of a cover up and demanding to know what was known, by who, when. When asked how she felt with Ms Palaszczuk "actually being applauded for the way she is handling this", Ms Peckham said she had seen that and wanted the Premier to know "you've done nothing". "You've done absolutely nothing to help me and to help my children," she said, adding that Mr Gordon should "stand down" from parliament, as he "doesn't deserve to have that type of position and power that he's got".

Under the rules which govern Parliament, Mr Gordon is entitled to stay on as an MP on the cross benches, with nothing which has been revealed considered a sackable offence. The police investigation into the domestic violence claims, which Ms Peckham said occurred between 2005 and 2008 in her letter to politicians, continues. Stay informed. Like the Brisbane Times Facebook page.