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Health Minister Tim Nicholls has avoided questions over whether he'll stand down if investigated by the state's Crime and Corruption Commission over the recruitment process for the chief health officer.

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00:00Under scrutiny and feeling the heat.
00:05Right, okay, so you've deliberately put me in the sun.
00:08It started with refuting Queensland Health was raided by the Crime and Corruption Commission.
00:13Claims of a raid are mischievous, misconceived and ill-founded.
00:17Those reported raids related to the recruitment of a permanent Chief Health Officer
00:22after the opposition referred a withdrawn job offer to the CCC earlier this month.
00:28Pressed whether he'll stand down if the watchdog investigates him.
00:32I've already answered that question. I don't propose to answer any further questions.
00:35Jack, I've already answered the question. You can go and look at the transcript.
00:38You've been here for the last 10 minutes.
00:40Next question. Jack, I've already answered the question.
00:43Or if he's aware of an investigation.
00:46I don't intend to answer anything further.
00:48The opposition pointed to its former transport minister, Mark Bailey,
00:52standing aside during an investigation into his use of a private email.
00:56Consistency is important when you're in government.
00:58And that's why it was disappointing today that Tim Nicholls refused to say
01:02whether he would hold himself to the same standard that he had previously demanded.
01:08Jackie Fradd and Mark Bailey's suicide when they were under investigation.
01:12Do you think that you should follow the same standard if this progresses?
01:15Well, as I've said to you, Jack, I've said a number of times, Jack,
01:18I don't intend to add anything further.
01:20The minister left it to his department to respond.
01:23Queensland Health Department have responded to inquiries from the media
01:26and the CCC have responded to questions from the media.
01:29I don't intend to add anything further.
01:31Both Queensland Health and the CCC didn't directly answer questions from the ABC.
01:37Something Tim Nicholls is keen to discuss is a snap review of the IVF sector
01:42at a meeting of health ministers in Perth on Friday.
01:45I've got to be on a plane, seriously. They won't hold a plane for me, no matter what.
01:50Yeah, I pretended the past.
01:54I pawing his phone.
01:56Yeah.
01:57I'll send you one more bat at a meeting of The ba let the killed ...
02:02against the place of the voz and the également ...
02:07This Saturday is one of those were to SAS como courtiers in Perth on Monday.
02:09Right now, go ahead.
02:11Andissez, the computer on Wednesday is going to go home.
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02:15So I'm sure at this point, if you cannot see the Kafir mi tyre business,
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