21:44 EDT, 6 April 2021
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.
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, 79, was the primary industries, fisheries and forestry minister in the Borbidge government between 1996 and 1998.