Michael Caltabiano won't be charged following CMC investigation Michael Caltabiano, pictured celebrates with Campbell Newman after the latter's 2012 election victory, will not be charged. Photo: Paul Harris Michael Caltabiano will not be charged. The director of Public Prosecutions has advised the Crime and Misconduct Commission that any prosecution of Mr Caltabiano would "not have reasonable prospects of success." Mr Caltabiano was placed under investigation by the CMC in September last year, following allegations of official misconduct in relation to his hiring the son of former arts minister and LNP member, Ros Bates. Mr Caltabiano had also been referred to a parliamentary ethics committee in October 2012, following comments he made during a estimates committee hearing about the employment of Ben Gommers. Mr Caltabiano had told the estimates hearing he'd had "no previous professional knowledge or experience of" the departmental liaison officer involved - Mr Gommers. Questions were raised when it was revealed Mr Caltabiano had helped to establish the lobbying company Entree Vous, which had been owned by Ms Bates and where Mr Gommers had worked as a lobbyist Last month, a parliamentary ethics committee reported it could not establish a professional relationship between Mr Caltabiano and Mr Gommers. There is no suggestion Mr Gommers did anything wrong. In a statement released by the CMC on Wednesday, a spokeswoman said on advice from the DPP, charges would not be laid against the former Department of Transport and Main Roads director-general. "In July 2013, the CMC referred a brief of evidence relating to Mr Caltabiano to the DPP," the spokeswoman said. Last week, the DPP advised the CMC that any prosecution of Mr Caltabiano for alleged criminal offences would not have reasonable prospects of success, and, in those circumstances, criminal charges against Mr Caltabiano were not warranted. As such, the CMC will not take any further action in relation to Mr Caltabiano. Mr Caltabiano, who had been handpicked for his director-general role by premier Campbell Newman in one of his first appointments after winning the March 2012 election, was sacked in February. He had been stood down, with full pay, in October 2012. This year's estimates hearings revealed Mr Caltabiano received more than $650,000 for less than a year's work. Mr Caltabiano received $234,897 between his appointment in May 2012 and October 2012 when he was stood down. His total remuneration "while in government employ" was $652,947.