Queensland law enforcement officials have launched a search of a Gold Coast residential property registered to Dr. Vahid Reza Adib, the long-term partner of former Queensland state premier Annastacia Palaszczuk. Authorities confirmed Thursday that a dedicated crime scene was set up at the Burleigh Heads apartment as a core component of an active, ongoing investigation.
A spokesperson for the Queensland Police Service shared early details of the operation, confirming that plainclothes detectives and specialized response teams arrived at the Goodwin Terrace address shortly after 11 a.m. local time. The spokesperson added that no additional details about the nature of the investigation could be released to the public at this stage of the process.
According to initial reports from 7News, forensic investigators also participated in the search, carrying out a detailed inspection of the property before removing a number of undisclosed items for further analysis. As of the latest update, no criminal charges have been filed against any party connected to the property, and investigators have publicly stated that Palaszczuk herself is not considered a person of interest nor believed to have any connection to the conduct under investigation.
Notably, the search took place just hours before Palaszczuk was scheduled to appear at a public book launch event at the Robina Library on the Gold Coast, part of a statewide promotional tour for her recently released memoir *The Politics of Being Me*. Roughly 200 attendees were in attendance for the event, and multiple guests were overheard discussing the day’s police raid, local outlet the Courier Mail reported. Eyewitness accounts confirm Palaszczuk displayed no visible signs of distress or disruption during her scheduled remarks and public appearance.
Palaszczuk, who led Queensland as premier from 2015 to 2023, first went public with her relationship with Dr. Adib in 2021, while she still held office. The pair first met at the Stradbroke Day races, and reconnected through a shared network of mutual friends shortly after that initial encounter. They made their first public appearance together at the Caloundra Cup on the Sunshine Coast later that same year.
In a past interview with the Courier Mail, Palaszczuk spoke positively of her partner, describing him as a warm, caring, and highly intelligent person with a sharp sense of humor. “We are just enjoying getting to know each other,” she said at the time. “We make time when we can to see each other. It’s not easy, but when we do see each other we like to go out to dinner and go on long walks, and what has been nice for me is that he also makes me take a break from work every now and again.”
Dr. Adib is a prominent weight-loss surgeon based in Brisbane, who founded the Brisbane Obesity Clinic in 2004. Over his decades-long career, he has carried out tens of thousands of bariatric and weight loss procedures. He launched his surgical career at the Royal Brisbane Hospital in 1994, and completed advanced medical training in both Australia and leading European medical institutions.