Former Victorian planning minister Matthew Guy has never disclosed his involvement with the group,which has pursued significant property projects.
The anti-corruption watchdog and other integrity experts warn putting planning powers in the hands of a minister will not stop the risk of corruption.
Victorian Liberal MPs have been responsible for the vast majority of taxpayer funded trips since losing the election in November.
The former Liberal leader has blamed leakers in his party for his election loss last year and said the state president should resign for his part in the Coalition’s poor result.
When Martin Pakula made his parting speech to parliament in September,there was one point that had Opposition MPs nodding in fierce agreement.
The Victorian Electoral Commission referred its investigation into the then opposition leader and his former chief of staff to the anti-corruption watchdog days before the November state election.
The former opposition leader has launched a stinging attack on senior Liberals,calling on the ‘juvenile’ state president to resign for his post-election report.
State Liberal Party president Greg Mirabella has presented his report on the party’s heavy loss in the Victorian election,saying the Liberals ‘gave voters nothing to vote for’.
The claim of the former adviser,who quit when The Age revealed he requested payments from a party donor,relates to his time in the opposition leader’s office.
Sam McQuestin has quit and said he and outgoing leader Matthew Guy battled “internal challenges” in the months before the party’s disastrous election result on Saturday.
All four of the candidates who have so far put up their hand to be the next Liberal Party leader say they would reverse Matthew Guy’s party room ban on Renee Heath,an ultra-conservative church member and newly elected upper house MP.