The Queensland premier has bristled at suggestions of wrongdoing after revealing she discussed a job applicant's political ideology before he was hired as a top public servant.
Annastacia Palaszczuk is under fire for using two private email accounts to contact Transport Minister Mark Bailey, also using a private email, about the political persuasion of Paul Simshauser before his appointment as director-general of energy and water in 2015.
The emails have been examined by the Crime and Corruption Commission, which didn't take any further action, before they were sent back to the premier's department.
At least two media outlets lodged Right to Information requests for the emails between Ms Palaszczuk and Mr Bailey, but they have thus far been been knocked back.
Ms Palaszczuk admits she was told about Mr Simshauser's political ideology before he was hired, but says it was a merit-based hiring process.
When asked about her email correspondence with Mr Bailey, she was scornful of journalists.
"OK, if you have an allegation put it to me," Ms Palaszczuk said as reporters tried to question her on Monday.
"What is your allegation?
"No, what is your allegation, because that email is saying basically that maybe he shouldn't be appointed.
"There was a merit-based appointment, that was nothing to do with the merit-based appointment
"People talk about political stuff all the time."
The premier told parliament in 2017 that she had never used private emails for government business.
She denied she misled parliament and attacked the opposition Liberal National Party, Clive Palmer and former deputy premier Jeff Seeney.
The LNP and the two men were the focus of a series of weekend newspaper articles.
"I always believe what I say in parliament to be correct, OK, I take my integrity very seriously," Ms Palaszczuk said.
"If you want to be keep going on about five or six years ago, we've had all this turmoil in the LNP over the last three days - what questions are being put to the LNP about the complete divisiveness that has occurred in their party, about (Clive Palmer) talking to Mr Seeney."
The premier also denied her office had stopped the emails from being released publicly, saying they had been through a proper RTI process.
She said that RTI process had been in force during the previous Newman years.
"The RTI has been through those emails ... so as I'm saying to you, if you have an allegation put it to me," Ms Palaszczuk said.
