Annastacia Palaszczuk taps Tony Fitzgerald to head inquiry into Queensland corruption watchdog

More than 30 years since the Fitzgerald Inquiry exposed widespread graft and misconduct in Queensland, the state has again turned to Tony Fitzgerald to run an inquiry into its under-fire corruption watchdog, the Crime and Corruption Commission.

The premier said on Monday that cabinet had agreed to an inquiry into the CCC and had turned to the one person, above all others, who could bring the process serious credibility.

Fitzgerald, 80, will chair the inquiry alongside retired supreme court judge Alan Wilson.

Palaszczuk said she admired Fitzgerald for the way his 1980s inquiry, which exposed corruption during the latter years of National party government, had shaped modern Queensland.

More than 30 years on, the inquiry is still the major touchstone on corruption issues.

Among the matters that Fitzgerald and Wilson will investigate is the role of seconded police officers to the CCC; something that had been of concern prior to more recent events.

Opposition leader David Crisafulli said the inquiry should be more wide-ranging than simply the CCC.