Former government minister charged with child sex offences

Perrett faces 24 counts of indecent treatment of a child. He was charged on February 2 and the case was first reported by the ABC today.

The alleged offences took place in Brisbane, Toowoomba and Roma between December 1974 and January 1977, when Perrett was a grazier aged in his thirties.

“The charges relate to ongoing investigations into alleged historical offences,” a police spokeswoman said.

Trevor John Perrett as an MP. (Source: Queensland Parliament)

Perrett was the Member for Barambah for 10 years from 1988 to 1998, starting out as a maverick Citizen’s Electoral Council candidate before joining the National Party. He was a minister in the Coalition government of then premier Rob Borbidge before losing his seat to One Nation.

Before entering politics, Perrett was a married, member of the Church of Christ, and an acolyte of local conservative strongman Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen. He has a daughter and a son, Tony, who is the current Liberal National Party member for the seat of…

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