THE Newman government is standing by embattled crime and corruption head Ken Levy because they've finally found a sympathiser, a political analyst says.
The acting chairman of the Crime and Misconduct Commission (CMC) will be investigated by a specially-tailored Ethics Committee to determine whether he deliberately hid contact with the government before penning an opinion piece supporting its anti-bike crackdown.
Despite claims about Dr Levy's impartiality emerging more than a fortnight ago, the government has extended his acting chairmanship until May next year.
Political analyst Paul Williams says it was an unwise decision, but made in the best interests of their long-term political strategy.
Relations between the CMC and the conservatives have often been strained.
"One would suspect they have found a man in Dr Levy with whom they can work comfortably," Dr Williams told AAP.
"I don't want to say friend or ally, but making sure there is not an unsympathetic person."
Dr Levy insisted the article was his own idea and he had no contact with the government, but previously secret documents reveal a different story.
The head of the government's media unit, Lee Anderson, "prepped" Dr Levy during a one-to-one meeting, documents tabled in parliament late on Wednesday night show.
The Newman government on Thursday used its majority to block the release of further documents.
The opposition has questioned Dr Levy's independence and want him to resign for compromising the impartiality of the commission.
Labor's Jackie Trad said staff in the premier's office must have known Dr Levy's account of events wasn't accurate.
Premier Campbell Newman has refused to sack Dr Levy or hold an independent judicial review.
He refused to say, despite multiple questions in parliament, if he knew about the meeting between Dr Levy and Mr Anderson.
"The clear point here is that the government had no sort of contact with Dr Levy in terms of getting him to do an opinion piece, or writing the opinion piece, or telling him about what should be in the opinion piece," he told MPs.
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