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Lawrence James Springborg (born 17 February 1968) is an Australian politician who was sworn in as Queensland's Minister for Health on 3 April 2012 and is a former Leader and Deputy Leader of the Opposition in Queensland.
As Leader of the Opposition, he led the National Party to defeats at both the 2004 and 2006 Queensland elections. He resigned as leader after his second election defeat, and was replaced by his former deputy, Jeff Seeney. However, after only 16 months as leader and facing poor opinion polling against Seeney, Springborg replaced him.
He played a part in the creation of the Liberal National Party, but led it to defeat at the 2009 Queensland election. On 2 April 2009, John-Paul Langbroek was elected as his successor as the Leader of the Opposition in Queensland. ...
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Campbell Newman's threat to sack public servants mirrors Lawrence Springborg's 2009 pledge to slash 12,000 Queensland jobs, Acting Treasurer Rachel Nolan said.
Ms Nolan said Mr Newman's comments today should send a shiver up the spine of public sector workers across the state.
"Make no mistake - under a Campbell Newman-led LNP Government, Queensland jobs and Queensland industrial relations would come under severe attack," Ms Nolan said.
"Mr Newman is not even in Government and already has public sector workers in his sights.
"He should have the courage to be upfront ...
Queensland Health Minister Paul Lucas has denied losing, and not acting on, hundreds of briefing notes.
For a second day, the Opposition has used Question Time to pursue Mr Lucas.
Opposition Deputy Leader Lawrence Springborg says hundreds of health briefing notes have been lost in the system.
He says one of those briefing notes recommended a new system that would stop the Minister losing all of his briefing notes.
Mr Lucas says he receives hundreds of briefings each week.
"They do not understand the difference between the electronic closing-off of a brief and whether one has to ...
The Queensland Opposition has welcomed new sex offender laws but says Queensland's courts are too weak to implement them.
The changes will enable judges to impose indefinite sentences for crimes including torture, incest and maintaining a sexual relationship with a child.
Sex offenders will now be supervised for a minimum of five years after they are released from prison.
Deputy Opposition Leader Lawrence Springborg says the laws are only worthwhile if they are applied by the court.
"What we need to happen in Queensland are not only indefinite sentencing laws, but we need to have ...