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The Liberals say they expect to see a "dirty campaign" from Labor as the major parties battle in a by-election for the federal seat of Fadden.

The Australian Electoral Commission will on Friday conduct the ballot draw for the July 15 by-election, triggered by the resignation of controversial former minister Stuart Robert.

It is expected there could be as many as eight candidates on the ballot paper.

Visiting the Gold Coast seat on Friday, Opposition Leader Peter Dutton told reporters the rising cost of living would be a key issue in the by-election.

But Mr Dutton expected a tough fight, despite the seat being held by the LNP with a margin of 10.6 per cent.

"There's a big fight on and Labor will run a dirty campaign," Mr Dutton said.

"But this by-election is about electing a champion for your local community, somebody who can work hard.

"And it's also about making sure that you deliver a message to the Labor government that they're not doing well enough on cost of living issues, on crime, on congestion."

The LNP is running Gold Coast councillor Cameron Caldwell, while Labor has re-endorsed its 2022 election candidate, nurse educator Letitia Del Fabbro.

The by-election comes as independent federal MPs call for ministers to be forced by law to publish the meetings they have with lobbyists, politicians and interest groups.

Kooyong MP Monique Ryan and Curtin MP Kate Chaney said media reports Mr Robert met with consulting firm Accenture to discuss an $111 million federal project when he was a cabinet minister showed the need for ministerial diaries to be published.

"The public should know who ministers are meeting and why, and they should know this as soon as is practicable," they said.

"We should have known about this important meeting between former minister Robert and Accenture in 2021, not after the minister had left office and resigned."

Labor in opposition argued for the publishing of ministerial diaries.

The government also raised questions in parliament on Thursday about whether Mr Robert was a "shadow director" of lobbying firm Synergy 360, which cabinet minister Bill Shorten said "sign(ed) up corporate clients with the promise of helping them navigate parliament and the bureaucracy and meet key decision-makers, including senior coalition ministers".

Mr Robert has denied helping Synergy 360 assist its clients to secure government contracts.

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Voters in the Queensland seat of Fadden are to find out the full list of candidates for the upcoming by-election.

The Australian Electoral Commission will on Friday conduct the ballot draw for the July 15 by-election, triggered by the resignation of controversial former minister Stuart Robert.

It is expected there could be as many as eight candidates on the ballot paper.

The Liberal National Party hopes its candidate, Gold Coast councillor Cameron Caldwell, can retain the seat Mr Robert held in 2022 with a 10.6 per cent margin.

Labor is running its 2022 election candidate, nurse educator Letitia Del Fabbro.

Following a seat-wide mailout by the LNP, there have so far been 10,425 postal vote applications.

At the last election there were 24,000 postal vote applications, with 15,000 votes returned.

The by-election comes as independent federal MPs called for ministers to be forced by law to publish the meetings they have with lobbyists, politicians and interest groups.

Kooyong MP Monique Ryan and Curtin MP Kate Chaney said media reports Mr Robert met with consulting firm Accenture to discuss an $111 million federal project when he was a cabinet minister showed the need for ministerial diaries to be published.

"The public should know who ministers are meeting and why, and they should know this as soon as is practicable," they said.

"We should have known about this important meeting between former minister Robert and Accenture in 2021, not after the minister had left office and resigned."

Labor in opposition argued for the publishing of ministerial diaries.

The government also raised questions in parliament on Thursday about whether Mr Robert was a "shadow director" of lobbying firm Synergy 360, which cabinet minister Bill Shorten said "sign(ed) up corporate clients with the promise of helping them navigate parliament and the bureaucracy and meet key decision-makers, including senior coalition ministers".

Mr Robert has denied helping Synergy 360 assist its clients to secure government contracts.

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Senior Queensland police have viewed body cam footage of an incident in which an officer repeatedly punched and then tasered a male driver in Brisbane's north.

The man was arrested and taken to the Royal Brisbane and Women's hospital for treatment for minor cuts after the incident in Strathpine on Thursday.

Police were responding to a three-car crash before 2pm when the agitated man allegedly confronted an officer from inside a car.

Investigators say the man was under the influence at the time and drinking from a wine bottle, which the officer tried to confiscate.

"After the officer attempted to take the bottle away several times, it was allegedly thrown towards him," Queensland Police said in a statement.

Bystander footage shows an officer repeatedly striking the man before deploying his Taser while multiple firefighters look on.

"He needs to stop ... you can't do that," a person can be heard saying in the video.

Police said the officer used physical force to contain the man, who was trying to leave the car by kicking the door into him.

Another officer was allegedly spat on by the man.

The Taser was deployed after several verbal warnings, police said, and the man was taken into custody.

A police investigation into the incident is ongoing and anyone with information is being urged to contact Crime Stoppers.

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