QUEENSLAND Premier Campbell Newman's government has punished an MP who suggested there was something sinister about his ouster from the parliament's ethics committee.
Liberal National Party MP Alex Douglas claims he was pushed out of his role as chairman of the ethics committee.
He's told parliament that at no stage did he ask to be removed from that role and says Premier Newman must reinstate him.
There is no prospect of that happening.
Parliament on Wednesday voted to dump Dr Douglas as chairman of the legal affairs and community safety committee - a job he acquired only yesterday.
Mr Newman told parliament Dr Douglas had been happy about his appointment to the legal affairs committee, which the government has said required him to give up his role on the ethics panel.
He said Dr Douglas had assured him - in a meeting with witnesses on Tuesday - that he was happy with the move.
Mr Newman attacked the integrity of his MP and said it was right that he be stripped of his new committee role.
"Perhaps that speaks volumes about why there does need to be a change, because if you don't have the integrity to tell the truth about a meeting with the leader of your party ... then perhaps you shouldn't be doing that job," the premier said.
He said that during Tuesday's meeting, he told Dr Douglas: "Alex, there will be no move if you are unhappy."
The premier said the MP replied: "I'm perfectly happy to do this and move."
The Labor opposition said it was a clear case of the "foot on throat" approach the Newman government used on dissenters in its ranks.
Earlier, Dr Douglas told reporters there should be an investigation into his removal from the ethics committee.
"We need to carefully go through and find out exactly who wanted me off," he said.
"I'm just not going to go into a corner. I will continue and this will be dealt with."
The ethics committee, under Dr Douglas, has been tasked with investigating Mr Newman's transport chief Michael Caltabiano over claims he misled parliament about his links to Ben Gommers, son of Arts Minister Ros Bates.
But its investigation was recently put on hold, pending a Crime and Misconduct Commission probe into Mr Gommers' appointment to a plum job in Mr Caltabiano's department.
The member for Ipswich Ian Berry will replace Dr Douglas as chair of legal affairs committee.
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