Overview

• Gordon Nuttall, a former Queensland Labor minister, passed away at 71 following a 2023 diagnosis of stage four kidney cancer.
• Nuttall served as the MP for Sandgate from 1992 to 2006 and held roles as industrial relations and health minister under Premier Peter Beattie.
• His political career unraveled after being implicated in the Jayant Patel hospital scandal and later convicted of corruption and perjury for receiving over $500,000 in undisclosed payments.
• Sentenced to 14 years in prison in 2009, Nuttall was released on parole in 2015 after serving six years, maintaining his innocence despite his convictions.
• He spent his final years in Woodgate, Queensland, and is survived by his partner, children, and grandchildren.