Serious questions have arisen surrounding Federal Liberal MP Warren Entsch's dealings with My Pathway, a company that holds federal government contracts to run work programs in Indigenous communities. Claims have surfaced that Mr. Entsch personally intervened after the company stopped employing his wife, Yolonde Entsch, raising concerns about a conflict of interest. It is essential that these matters are thoroughly examined to ensure transparency in government dealings.

The ABC writes (in summary):

Source claims Warren Entsch personally complained to company with government contracts over wife's employment

Federal Liberal MP Warren Entsch has neither confirmed nor denied complaints he allegedly made to My Pathway, a company with government contracts, after it stopped employing his wife, Yolonde Entsch.

Yolonde had been engaged by My Pathway to run youth workshops and women's empowerment programs in Indigenous communities. Despite Mr. Entsch securing a $5 million federal project for My Pathway to build sea walls in the Torres Strait, he did not declare his wife's connection to the company in his parliamentary register of interests.

Mr. Entsch has rejected claims of any conflict of interest, though the timing of the sea wall project and his wife’s employment by My Pathway raises questions. According to a source within My Pathway, Mr. Entsch expressed anger when the company ceased engaging Yolonde for a program in Doomadgee. Despite his protests, My Pathway did not reverse its decision.

The Liberal MP blamed these allegations on political tactics, saying, "These dirty tactics are all about discrediting my wife as the candidate for the state seat of Cairns." He insisted there were no inappropriate dealings and called the matter a distraction.

When asked by the ABC about his wife's workshops in the Torres Strait, Mr. Entsch initially claimed he had no idea she was working with My Pathway. However, after photographs showed him at workshops on Thursday Island, he acknowledged he was uncertain when he became aware of her work.

While Mr. Entsch declared that his wife ran a contracting and consulting company, questions about potential conflicts of interest remain unanswered.