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March 30th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda Premier Campbell Newman has assembled a cabinet with representation from across Queensland, allaying fears he will be Brisbane-centric.
Of the 19 ministers named in the former Brisbane lord mayor’s cabinet on Friday, just one has previously served on a government frontbench.
And three, including Mr Newman, have no parliamentary experience.
Mr Newman is confident he’s got the mix right.
“It’s a strong, diverse line-up and we’ve got strong representation for the regions of Queensland as I promised,” he told reporters in Brisbane.
Twelve ministers hold seats in Brisbane and the Gold and Sunshine coasts, two are from the Wide Bay and Burnett region, three are from west of the Great Dividing Range and two come from north Queensland.
“People across Queensland complained about neglect by the Labor Brisbane-centric government and we have dealt with this by this line-up that has very strong representation from the regions,” he said.
Lawrence Springborg, who led the LNP merger and contested two elections as opposition leader, has the controversial health portfolio.
Mr Springborg said he would put his heart and soul into improving the health system, with former Australian Medical Association Queensland (AMAQ) boss Chris Davis as his assistant minister.
“The simple reality is that the Labor Party have run down health in Queensland. The LNP does have a plan to address that and I’m looking forward to it,” he told reporters.
The AMAQ welcomed the appointments, saying the pair had an enormous task ahead of them.
First elected to parliament in 1989, Mr Springborg served briefly as minister for natural resources in the Borbidge government.
The only other LNP MPs to have ever served on a government frontbench were passed over for cabinet positions.
Vaughan Johnson will be chief whip, while Howard Hobbs will chair the local government and transport committee.
Mr Newman said he was pleased Mr Springborg had returned from the backbench.
“Health consumes 25 per cent of the budget. It needs a minister who will be able to take it forward,” he said.
Mr Newman denied he’d handed Mr Springborg a poisoned chalice, saying he believed every portfolio was a mess.
“Frankly the state of Queensland’s finances, the state of these departments and their performance delivery means that all these jobs are difficult jobs,” he said.
While the LNP’s shadow cabinet last year included five women, Mr Newman has just three women on his frontbench.
The LNP has nominated Sunshine Coast MP Fiona Simpson to be Queensland’s first woman speaker.
The cabinet announcement coincided with the dismantling of several so-called “super departments”.
The Queensland Resources Council was pleased with the return of a mines portfolio separate to the “unwieldy” department of environment and resources management.
The Together Union said the government should be focused on delivering quality services, not diverting valuable resources into the changes.
Mr Newman said it would make ministers’ responsibilities clearer, restore accountability in government and reduce confusion for Queenslanders dealing with the departments.
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