Former Labor minister Gordon Nuttall was moved to a more comfortable jail under the Liberal National Party's watch, Queensland's government says.
Opposition corrective services spokesman Jarrod Bleijie had claimed in parliament that Nuttall, who is serving time for corruption, was moved when Labor was in power.
But a Labor government spokesman clarified that Nuttall was transferred from the high-security Wolston Correctional Centre to the "cushier" minimum-security Palen Creek prison farm in August 2014, at which time the LNP was in government and Mr Bleijie was attorney-general and justice minister.
Corrective Services Minister Jo-Ann Miller earlier declined to comment on the transfer, saying it was an operational matter handled by the police and corrective services.
She criticised the former attorney-general and the Liberal National Party for not respecting the privacy of individuals.
Nuttall was charged with 41 offences and fined in May 2011 for not declaring payments he received from businessmen while serving as a Labor minister.
He is serving a seven-year jail term for his corrupt dealings with two Brisbane businessmen, including late mining magnate Ken Talbot, between 2002 and 2005.
He is also serving an additional seven years after a subsequent conviction for receiving $150,000 from businessman Brendan McKennariey in return for helping him secure government contracts.
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