Gordon Nuttall

Nuttall won the seat of Sandgate at the 1992 state election as the Labor candidate, succeeding the retiring former Labor Opposition leader, Nev Warburton. He was previously an organiser for the Electrical Trades Union.{{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/view/legislativeAssembly/documents/memberBio/NuttallGordon.htm |title=Gordon Nuttall |publisher=Queensland Parliamentary Library |year=2005 |access-date=20 July 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110610213754/http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/view/legislativeAssembly/documents/memberBio/NuttallGordon.htm |archive-date=10 June 2011}}

He served in the Beattie Ministry as:

• Parliamentary Secretary to the Premier with special responsibilities for Multicultural Affairs (29 June 1998 – 17 February 2001);
• Minister for Industrial Relations (22 February 2001 – 12 February 2004);
• Minister for Health (12 February 2004 – 28 July 2005); and
• Minister for Primary Industries and Fisheries (28 July 2005 – 7 December 2005).

In 2004, he attempted to become Deputy Premier with a plan to overthrow the Premier at the time, Peter Beattie. However, a leadership challenge received no support from then Deputy Premier Anna Bligh, whom Nuttall proposed as the new Premier. Ms Bligh later said, "I didn't see it as any serious proposition that would have received any support from my colleagues and it didn't receive any support from myself."{{cite web|url=http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/national/how-gordon-nuttall-plotted-to-topple-the-premier/story-e6frea8c-1225751810449|title=How Gordon Nuttall plotted to topple the Premier|publisher=The Advertiser|date=18 June 2009|access-date=10 July 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120523195218/http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/national/how-gordon-nuttall-plotted-to-topple-the-premier/story-e6frea8c-1225751810449|archive-date=23 May 2012|url-status=live}}{{cite news |date=11 December 2006 |title=Nuttall planned 'overthrow of Beattie' |url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/Nuttall-planned-overthrow-of-Beattie/2006/12/11/1165685610759.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106151004/http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/Nuttall-planned-overthrow-of-Beattie/2006/12/11/1165685610759.html |archive-date=6 November 2012 |access-date=10 July 2010 |publisher=Sydney Morning Herald}}

In July 2005, he resigned as Minister for Health following media exposure of problems at Bundaberg Base Hospital. In June 2010, following a number of investigations, the hospital's director of surgery, Jayant Patel, was convicted and jailed for seven years on three counts of manslaughter and one count of grievous bodily harm to patients in his care.[http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/07/01/2942354.htm Patel jailed for 7 years] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100703084201/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/07/01/2942354.htm |date=3 July 2010 }} – Australian Broadcasting Corporation – 2 July 2010 – (access date – 31 July 2010) Nuttall blamed the system he had inherited as well as the administrators at the hospital for the situation which had arisen, but ultimately stepped down from the health portfolio. Premier Peter Beattie opted to take over the portfolio himself, relocating Nuttall to the primary industries and fisheries portfolio.{{cite news |url=http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2005/07/22/1121539154803.html |title=Patel scandal fells an ailing minister |work=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=23 July 2005 |access-date=20 July 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106132239/http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2005/07/22/1121539154803.html |archive-date=6 November 2012 |url-status=live}}

In August 2005, Nuttall stepped aside from the Ministry while the Crime and Misconduct Commission (CMC) investigated claims he had given a false answer to a Parliamentary estimates committee regarding his prior knowledge of problems with overseas-trained doctors. The Commission reported back in December 2005, recommending the Attorney-General prosecute Nuttall under section 57 of the Criminal Code.{{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/view/publications/documents/other/Nuttall.pdf |title=Allegations concerning the Honourable Gordon Nuttall MP: Report of a CMC Investigation |publisher=Crime and Misconduct Commission Queensland |date=December 2005 |access-date=20 July 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090703232929/http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/view/publications/documents/other/Nuttall.pdf |archive-date=3 July 2009}} The prosecution was not proceeded with; the government decided to revoke the relevant section of the Criminal Code so Parliament could deal with such matters itself under contempt of parliament provisions.{{cite news |date=26 May 2006 |title=MPs cleared to lie in parliament |url=http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2006/05/26/1148524862032.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105135300/http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2006/05/26/1148524862032.html |archive-date=5 November 2012 |access-date=22 July 2010 |work=The Age |location=Melbourne |agency=AAP}}

Nuttall resigned from the Ministry on 7 December 2005 and retired from Parliament at the September 2006 election. He resigned from the Labor Party on 12 December 2006 before he was referred to the party's Disputes Tribunal, which could have expelled him.{{cite web |date=12 December 2006 |title=Nuttall jumps ship before being pushed |url=http://abc.gov.au/news/stories/2006/12/12/1810074.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120712142138/http://abc.gov.au/news/stories/2006/12/12/1810074.htm |archive-date=12 July 2012 |access-date=20 July 2009 |work=ABC News}}

In 2006, the CMC also began an investigation into a series of loans Nuttall received from Queensland mining magnate Ken Talbot..[http://media01.couriermail.com.au/multimedia/2007/02/070221_court/court.pdf Doc released by court] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706103221/http://media01.couriermail.com.au/multimedia/2007/02/070221_court/court.pdf |date=6 July 2011 }} – Transcript of (part of) Nuttall's CMC interrogation. On 19 January 2007, the CMC charged Nuttall with 35 counts of corruptly receiving payments totalling almost $300,000 from Talbot between 2002 and 2005.{{cite web |url=http://www.cmc.qld.gov.au/asp/index.asp?pgid=10814&cid=5201&id=981 |title=Former Minister and Queensland businessman face charges |publisher=Crime and Misconduct Commission Queensland |date=19 January 2007 |access-date=20 July 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928094423/http://www.cmc.qld.gov.au/asp/index.asp?pgid=10814&cid=5201&id=981 |archive-date=28 September 2007 |url-status=dead}}{{cite web |title=CMC charges Nuttall |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200701/s1829913.htm |work=ABC News |date=19 January 2007 |access-date=20 July 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070121034926/http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200701/s1829913.htm |archive-date=21 January 2007 |url-status=dead}} Nuttall was later charged with receiving a further secret commission of $60,000 in 2002 from businessman and WorkCover Queensland director Harold Shand.{{cite web |url=http://www.cmc.qld.gov.au/asp/index.asp?pgid=10814&cid=5201&id=1027 |title=Former minister and lawyer face charges |publisher=Crime and Misconduct Commission Queensland |date=4 December 2007 |access-date=20 July 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706122144/http://www.cmc.qld.gov.au/asp/index.asp?pgid=10814&cid=5201&id=1027 |archive-date=6 July 2011 |url-status=live}}{{cite news |url=http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,22871870-952,00.html |title=Top bureaucrat in Nuttall corruption probe |publisher=The Australian |date=5 December 2007 |access-date=20 July 2009 |first=Renee |last=Viellaris |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090721023810/http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,22871870-952,00.html |archive-date=21 July 2009 |url-status=live}} Talbot and Shand were also charged over the alleged secret commissions.

Nuttall was committed to stand trial in December 2008.{{cite web |url=http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24767124-2702,00.html |title=Gordon Nuttall committed to stand trial on further corruption charge |publisher=The Australian |date=8 December 2008 |access-date=20 July 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081211114931/http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24767124-2702,00.html |archive-date=11 December 2008 |url-status=dead}} In June 2009, he pleaded not guilty to all charges before the District Court.{{cite web |last=Rawlins |first=Jason |date=29 June 2009 |title=Nuttall corruption trial underway |url=http://abc.com.au/news/stories/2009/06/29/2611053.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605232936/http://abc.com.au/news/stories/2009/06/29/2611053.htm |archive-date=5 June 2011 |access-date=20 July 2009 |work=ABC News}} On 15 July 2009, a jury convicted him on all 36 charges, and on 17 July he was sentenced to seven years' jail with a non-parole period of two-and-a-half years.{{cite web |url=http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25786136-12377,00.html |title=Former minister guilty of corruption |publisher=The Australian |date=15 July 2009 |access-date=20 July 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090718212945/http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25786136-12377,00.html |archive-date=18 July 2009 |url-status=dead}}

Ten years earlier, on 12 May 1998, Nuttall said of his benefactor, Talbot, in Parliament, {{quote|I now turn my attention to ... one Mr Ken Talbot, the chairman of Sunrise Mining (Queensland) Pty Ltd. Mr Talbot has an interesting track record. He is a former senior employee of Bond Coal, led by one Alan Bond, who, of course, is currently serving a jail term for white collar fraud. Honourable members do not need to be reminded of the very close and personal links that existed between the now disgraced Mr Bond and his close associates, of whom Mr Talbot was one, and the corrupt National Party Government that was thrown out of office in 1989. Nor do honourable members need reminding of the days of deals done in brown paper bags between corrupt National Party figures and shady businesspeople of the ilk of Mr Talbot and Mr Bond.[http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/content/2006/s1785852.htm Qld Govt MP under investigation for corruption] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121111220427/http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/content/2006/s1785852.htm |date=11 November 2012 }} – ABC – The World Today – Donna Field (10 November 2006) – Retrieved 12 October 2010[http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/view/legislativeAssembly/hansard/documents/1998/980512ha.pdf Queensland Parliament – Record of Proceedings (Hansard)]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} – (12 May 1998) – page 1011}}

On 14 August 2009, Nuttall lodged an appeal against his July 2009 conviction and sentence.[http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,25927692-5003402,00.html Nuttall appeals jail sentence] – The Courier Mail – Mark Oberhardt (14 August 2009) On 12 February 2010, his appeal against conviction and sentence was heard in the Supreme Court of Queensland. On 23 March 2010, his appeal against conviction was dismissed, and his application for leave to appeal against sentence was refused.{{Cite web|url=https://archive.sclqld.org.au/qjudgment/2010/QCA10-064.pdf|title=StackPath|website=archive.sclqld.org.au}}

In June 2010, Talbot died in an aircraft accident in Africa and charges against him were dropped. In 2011, Shand was convicted of paying Nuttall a secret commission and sentenced to 15 months' jail.{{cite web |date=1 April 2011 |title=Shand jailed over Nuttall payment |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/04/01/3179945.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110405001806/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/04/01/3179945.htm |archive-date=5 April 2011 |access-date=10 April 2011 |work=ABC News |agency=AAP}}

On 16 July 2009, the CMC recommended ten new charges relating to alleged secret cash payments to Nuttall totalling $152,700 from businessman Brendan McKennariey, between December 2001 and April 2006, regarding a government-funded project subcontracted to McKennariey. Nuttall was also charged with five counts of perjury relating to his evidence at a CMC closed hearing.{{cite news |url=http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/gordon-nuttall-to-face-10-extra-charges-20090825-ex5z.html |title=Gordon Nuttall to face 10 extra charges |last1=Osborne |first1=Paul |last2=Dunlevy |first2=Gabrielle |date=25 August 2009 |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |access-date=20 July 2010 |publisher=Fairfax Media |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120503095206/http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/gordon-nuttall-to-face-10-extra-charges-20090825-ex5z.html |archive-date=3 May 2012 |url-status=live}}{{cite news |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/08/25/2666006.htm |title=Nuttall faces more corruption charges |work=ABC News Online |date=25 August 2009 |access-date=20 July 2010 |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100129213450/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/08/25/2666006.htm |archive-date=29 January 2010 |url-status=dead}}

On 11 October 2010, in the Brisbane District Court, Nuttall pleaded not guilty to five charges of official corruption, five alternate charges of receiving secret commissions and five counts of perjury.{{Cite news |url=http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/nuttall-pleads-not-guilty-to-corruption-20101011-16f41.html |title=Nuttall pleads not guilty to corruption |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=11 October 2010 |access-date=11 October 2010 |publisher=Fairfax Media}}{{Cite news |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/10/11/3034942.htm |title=Nuttall pleads not guilty |work=ABC News Online |date=11 October 2010 |access-date=11 October 2010 |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101014164010/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/10/11/3034942.htm |archive-date=14 October 2010 |url-status=dead}}{{Cite news |url=http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/court-hears-of-nuttall-payment-deal/story-e6freon6-1225937119899 |title=Court hears of Nuttall payment deal |work=The Courier-Mail |first=Mark |last=Oberhardt |date=11 October 2010 |access-date=11 October 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425212445/http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/court-hears-of-nuttall-payment-deal/story-e6freon6-1225937119899 |archive-date=25 April 2012 |url-status=live}}{{cite news |url=http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/nuttalls-game-of-nods-and-winks-20101011-16f2c.html |title=Nuttall's 'game of nods and winks' |work=Brisbane Times |first=Amelia |last=Bentley |date=11 October 2010 |access-date=11 October 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101014162454/http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/nuttalls-game-of-nods-and-winks-20101011-16f2c.html |archive-date=14 October 2010 |url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/footy-trip-cash-paid-nuttall-court-told-20101011-16f41.html |title=Footy trip cash paid Nuttall, court told |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=11 October 2010 |access-date=11 October 2010 |publisher=Fairfax Media |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101015054807/http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/footy-trip-cash-paid-nuttall-court-told-20101011-16f41.html |archive-date=15 October 2010 |url-status=live}} On 12 October 2010, McKennariey gave evidence for the Crown.{{Cite news |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/10/12/3036200.htm |title=Corruption trial told Nuttall, McKennariey shared profits |work=ABC News Online |first=Meg |last=Purtell |date=12 October 2010 |access-date=12 October 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101024211944/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/10/12/3036200.htm |archive-date=24 October 2010 |url-status=dead}}{{Cite news |url=http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/brendan-mckennariey-tells-court-gordon-nuttall-to-pocket-a-third-of-profits-from-his-dept-project/story-e6freon6-1225937690831 |title=Brendan McKennariey tells court Gordon Nuttall to pocket a third of profits from his dept project |work=The Courier Mail |first=Mark |last=Oberhardt |date=12 October 2010 |access-date=12 October 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120609125340/http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/brendan-mckennariey-tells-court-gordon-nuttall-to-pocket-a-third-of-profits-from-his-dept-project/story-e6freon6-1225937690831 |archive-date=9 June 2012 |url-status=live}}{{Cite news |url=http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/scrawled-calculation-points-to-nuttall-corruption-prosecutors-20101012-16hko.html |title=Scrawled calculation points to Nuttall corruption: Prosecutors |work=Brisbane Times |first=Amelia |last=Bentley |date=12 October 2010 |access-date=12 October 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101015160434/http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/scrawled-calculation-points-to-nuttall-corruption-prosecutors-20101012-16hko.html |archive-date=15 October 2010 |url-status=live}} On 27 October 2010, a jury found Nuttall guilty of five charges of official corruption and five charges of perjury.[http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/jury-finds-nuttall-guilty-of-corruption-20101027-17363.html Jury finds Nuttall guilty of corruption] – Sydney Morning Herald (AAP) – (27 October 2010) – Retrieved 27 October 2010[http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/10/27/3049695.htm Gordon Nuttall: From MP to inmate] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101030162359/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/10/27/3049695.htm |date=30 October 2010 }} – Australian Broadcasting Corporation (27 October 2010) – Retrieved 27 October 2010 On 16 December 2010, he was sentenced to a further five years imprisonment.{{Cite web |last=Barry |first=Siobhan |date=2010-12-16 |title=ABC News - Trusted Source of Latest News & Headlines |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/12/16/3094810.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101219153947/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/12/16/3094810.htm |archive-date=2010-12-19 |access-date= |website=abc.net.au |language=en-AU}} On 17 January 2011, the Queensland Government announced it would appeal the "inadequacy" of the sentence.{{Cite news |last=Caldwell |first=Anna |date=2011-01-18 |title=Nuttall on notice as A-G appeals penalty |url=http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/nuttall-on-notice-as-a-g-appeals-penalty/story-e6freoof-1225989863325 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20120905141259/http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/nuttall-on-notice-as-a-g-appeals-penalty/story-e6freoof-1225989863325 |archive-date=2012-09-05 |access-date=2025-05-09 |work=Courier Mail |language=en}} The appeal was heard in the Queensland Court of Appeal on 10 May 2011.[http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/05/10/3212711.htm 'Narcissist' Nuttall should be jailed for longer: court] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110513232102/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/05/10/3212711.htm |date=13 May 2011 }} Australian Broadcasting Corporation – (10 May 2011) -. Retrieved 11 May 2011.[http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/attorney-generals-appeal-aims-to-increase-gordon-nuttalls-sentence/story-e6freon6-1226052983135 Attorney General's appeal aims to increase Gordon Nuttall's sentence] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120913061513/http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/attorney-generals-appeal-aims-to-increase-gordon-nuttalls-sentence/story-e6freon6-1226052983135 |date=13 September 2012 }} The Courier Mail – Mark Oberhardt – (10 May 2011) -. Retrieved 11 May 2011. On 7 June 2011, the appeal was upheld and an extra two years' jail was handed down, extending his non-parole period to July 2015.[https://archive.today/20120721105927/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/06/07/3237569.htm Nuttall gets more jail time after appeal] – Jason Rawlins – Australian Broadcasting Corporation (7 June 2011) -. Retrieved 7 June 2011.[http://archive.sclqld.org.au/qjudgment/2011/QCA11-120.pdf Supreme Court of Queensland – R v Nuttall; ex parte A-G (Qld) (2011) QCA 120] – (Delivered 7 June 2011) -. Retrieved 7 June 2011.

On 12 May 2011, Nuttall was brought before the bar of parliament to answer 41 charges of contempt of parliament for non-disclosure, as a member of parliament, of pecuniary interests totalling $368,866.55. Parliament found him to have been contemptuous and fined him $82,000.[http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/view/legislativeAssembly/Hansard/documents/2011.pdf/2011_05_12_WEEKLY.pdf Hansard – Queensland Parliament (Record of Proceedings)]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} (12 May 2011) -. Retrieved 18 May 2011.[http://www.theage.com.au/national/disgraced-minister-sorry-sort-of-20110512-1ekpe.html Disgraced minister sorry, sort of] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514165256/http://www.theage.com.au/national/disgraced-minister-sorry-sort-of-20110512-1ekpe.html |date=14 May 2011 }} – Kym Agius – The Age (13 May 2011). Retrieved 13 May 2011.[http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/05/12/3215307.htm Parliament votes to fine Nuttall] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110513224919/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/05/12/3215307.htm |date=13 May 2011 }} Australian Broadcasting Corporation (13 May 2011). Retrieved 13 May 2011.

On 24 September 2009, the CMC commenced actions in the Supreme Court of Queensland under Queensland's Criminal Proceeds Confiscation Act 2002 to seize a property owned by Nuttall at Woodgate, near Bundaberg, having already initiated action to seize another property at Sandgate.[http://www.cmc.qld.gov.au/data/portal/00000005/content/96701001133482241700.pdf Recovering the Proceeds of Crime – Fact Sheet] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090609024545/http://www.cmc.qld.gov.au/data/portal/00000005/content/96701001133482241700.pdf |date=9 June 2009 }} – Crime and Misconduct Commission (2005)[http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/09/25/2696000.htm 'CMC lodges court action against Nuttall'] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090927145834/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/09/25/2696000.htm |date=27 September 2009 }} ABC Online – (25 September 2009) On 12 July 2010, the Supreme Court ordered Nuttall to repay $454,000 deemed to be "proceeds of crime" to the state of Queensland and also ordered him to pay the Government's legal costs of $42,000.[http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/breaking-news/gordon-nuttall-ordered-to-repay-corrupt-money/story-fn3dxity-1225890834721 'Gordon Nuttall ordered to repay corrupt money'] The Australian -(12 July 2010)[http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/07/12/2951119.htm?section=justin 'Nuttall ordered to pay nearly $500,000'] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100713172225/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/07/12/2951119.htm?section=justin |date=13 July 2010 }} – ABC Online – Jason Rawlins and Melinda Howells (13 July 2010)[http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/nuttall-ordered-to-repay-corrupt-money-20100712-10742.html 'Nuttall ordered to repay corrupt money'] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120612014033/http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/nuttall-ordered-to-repay-corrupt-money-20100712-10742.html |date=12 June 2012 }} – smh.com.au – Sydney Morning Herald – Christine Flatley (12 July 2010) The legal principle for the property seizure is known colloquially as the proceeds of crime. As at July 2016, the Queensland government launched proceedings to reclaim Nuttall's pension scheme account.{{Cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-07-12/queensland-govt-fights-to-recover-gordon-nuttall-superannuation/7622684|title=Gordon Nuttall: Queensland Government wants disgraced minister's superannuation|date=12 July 2016|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|access-date=14 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160715075356/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-07-12/queensland-govt-fights-to-recover-gordon-nuttall-superannuation/7622684|archive-date=15 July 2016|url-status=live}}

Nuttall died from kidney cancer in Bundaberg on 9 May 2025.[https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-09/gordon-nuttall-disgraced-minister-dies/105272698 Disgraced former Queensland Labor minister Gordon Nuttall dies aged 71]

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