Former Queensland minister Trevor John Perrett has dozens of charges heard in court

Former Queensland government minister Trevor John Perrett – father of a sitting MP – is set to fight historical charges he indecently dealt with a teenage girl.

Perrett did not appear as his case was mentioned in Brisbane Magistrates Court on Wednesday on a total of 25 charges.

Lawyers for Perrett said the former minister indicated he would contest the charges.

Perrett, 79, was the primary industries, fisheries and forestry minister in the Borbidge government between 1996 and 1998.

He…