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The walls of the Queensland parliament have always kept the secrets of its politicians.

In the late 1970s, the former premier Joh Bjelke-Petersen had a secret spa bath quietly installed in the penthouse suite of the annexe – the purpose-built hotel for MPs, attached to parliament house.

Anyone who has spent more than five minutes around the state parliament has heard stories about what goes on in the annexe.