PREMIER Annastacia Palaszczuk has revealed Labor stopped taking developer donations on Friday following the CCC recommendation to ban them from local government elections.

PREMIER Annastacia Palaszczuk has revealed Labor stopped taking developer donations on Friday following the CCC recommendation to ban them from local government elections. Chris Ison ROK220917cpremier2

QUEENSLAND Labor has stopped taking donations from property developers since last Friday following release of the Crime and Corruption Commission report into the 2016 local government elections with Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk today endorsing all of its recommendations.

A key reform from the CCC's Belcarra inquiry into elections for the Gold Coast, Logan, Moreton and Ipswich councils was the banning of developer donations for council candidates something Ms Palaszczuk said she would not do without equally applying the ban at the state level.

Sunshine Coast Mayor and Local Government Association of Queensland president Mark Jamieson has criticised the ban claiming it would drive activity underground.

HoweverMs Palaszczuk has made it clear changes have to come telling Parliament today the government intended to address issues of integrity and accountability in local government.

The government has indicated its support in full of 22 of the 31 recommendations and support in principle for nine others.

Of those nine it would consult with the Local Government Association of Queensland in relation to a review of election expenditure caps and amendment of the Local Government Electoral Act to require real-time disclosure of electoral expenditure by candidates, groups of candidates, political parties and associated entities.

Election donation reform was a key element of the engage of letters between Ms Palaszczuk and Nicklin independent Peter Wellington which allowed her to form government.

"Ever since the first bill we introduced to parliament in 2015, my government has consistently demonstrated its commitment to integrity and accountability,” she told Parliament.

"We lowered thresholds for donation disclosure and we have introduced real-time disclosure of donations.

"Last week, the Crime and Corruption Commission delivered its thorough and comprehensive report into corruption risk in local government.

"Commissioner Alan MacSporran QC makes it clear many of these issues are not new - some were addressed by the Criminal Justice Commission 26 years ago.

"But those issues have persisted and the issues remain.

"As Mr MacSporran said, 'I think it's on the nose. And I think this report indicates the public's pretty right. It certainly is at the very least a hotbed of perceived corruption and that occurs when you have a lack of transparency'.

"His report states: 'The recurring nature of these issues, despite increased regulation and oversight of local government, elections and political donations over time, highlights their inherent potential to cause concerns about corruption'.

"He also said: 'The report tabled in Parliament today demonstrates why reform of the local government sector is required. If supported by Parliament, the package of recommendations in my view will result in the most substantial reform of the local government sector in Queensland's history'.”

Ms Palaszczuk told Parliament she had already indicated her support for two of that reports key recommendation being the ban on developer donations, and better mechanisms for addressing conflict of interest concerns in council decisions.

She said her government would endorse all recommendations in the report, supporting some in full and others in principle.

"We will ensure legislative change addressing Belcarra recommendations is properly scrutinised through the committee process,” Ms Palaszczuk said.

"Mr Speaker, most importantly, when it comes to political donations - we will not introduce measures on local government that we do not apply to ourselves.

"Mr Speaker the State Secretary of the Labor Party has advised me that as of last Friday, the party has stopped accepting donations from property developers.

"We will meet with stakeholders through the development of this legislation.”