'Build, baby, build': Politician's land approvals in spotlight amid donation spree

Queensland Deputy Premier Jarrod Bleijie personally approved town planning changes to boost housing development in a zone where one landowner, a developer, had just donated fifty thousand dollars for a private lunch with him, according to ABC News. The decision is now under scrutiny over the apparent link between the donation and the planning approval.

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