On 8 January 2015, a few days after the current election was announced, The Australia Institute wrote to the leaders of all political parties asking each “to commit to four basic principles of accountability and good governance put forward by The Honourable Tony Fitzgerald AC QC. It received responses from Queensland Labor, Bob Katter’s Australia Party, Palmer United Party, and the Queensland Greens, all of whom have agreed to adopt the principles if elected.
The Liberal National Party failed to respond.