QLD new Premier has unveiled his refreshed cabinet

Queensland's new Premier has unveiled his refreshed cabinet with the Olympics sidelined.

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00:00 It was all smiles for the Premier and his revamped team.

00:05 Stephen Miles hoping this mix of youth and experience will be a recipe for repeated electoral success.

00:13 With this team I can do it.

00:15 It's the second Cabinet Shake-Up this year.

00:18 But this time with a new Premier at the helm, five backbenchers have been promoted.

00:25 Nikki Boyd was sworn in as the Minister for Fire and Disaster Recovery.

00:30 Bart Mellish has taken on Transport and Main Roads.

00:33 Cherise Mullin is now Minister for Child Safety.

00:37 Lance McCallum will oversee Employment and Small Business.

00:41 While Michael Healey, who missed the swearing-in due to the flooding in Cairns, is the new Minister for Tourism and Sport.

00:48 Premier Stephen Miles says the five new faces in Cabinet will bring fresh ideas.

00:54 But it is a risk bringing in less experienced Ministers to take on major portfolios,

01:01 especially with the State election next October.

01:05 I have great confidence in our new Ministers.

01:07 You're right, they're big and important jobs, but I know they're up to the task.

01:11 Mr McCallum also becomes the first First Nations man elevated to Cabinet in Queensland.

01:18 I'd like to pay tribute to those that have come before me.

01:22 There will no longer be a Minister for the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

01:27 Instead, it will fall under Grace Grace's portfolio of State development and infrastructure,

01:33 in a bid to make the event less divisive.

01:36 I think the discussion got distracted.

01:38 I'm really looking forward to rolling my sleeves up and having a really good look,

01:43 because this is an opportunity of a lifetime.

01:46 The Opposition says it's not much of a shake-up.

01:49 It's the same old faces, the same old clowns around the Cabinet table.

01:53 table.

01:53 == Notes

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