AUSTRALIAN Workers' Union (AWU) national president Bill Ludwig has accused the Queensland government of nepotism and criticised its treatment of workers.
Mr Ludwig told the union's national conference on Monday that since Premier Campbell Newman's election, unemployment in Queensland had risen, confidence had been shattered and young people were worried about their futures.
Mr Ludwig recounted a meeting with the premier days after the Liberal National Party's 2012 election win.
As Mr Newman was explaining his plan to break up "super departments", Mr Ludwig said the premier looked him in the eye and said: "We want to go back to the future, go back to where we used to be."
"Everything is finally back to normal again - they can get back on with the job of giving plum jobs and contracts to each other," Mr Ludwig told delegates at the Gold Coast conference.
"And growing rich at the expense of ordinary working people."
Last Friday, Mr Newman lost his third minister, Ros Bates, who quit after being criticised for not declaring contact with lobbyists, taking extended leave and giving a close friend a board position.
Her son, Ben Gommers, became the focus of a nepotism scandal after he landed a plum job in the transport department. The appointment is being investigated by the Crime and Misconduct Commission.
Mr Ludwig also claimed Transport Department Director General Michael Caltabiano, who will leave his job on March 15, and Queensland Transport Minister Scott Emerson had done a deal over the state seat of Indooroopilly, where Mr Ludwig lives.
Years ago, both had wanted to run for the seat, but neither did.
"But this time they had an agreement - Emerson would run for the seat and Caltabiano would be the head of the department," Mr Ludwig said.
"And that's what exactly happened.
"That deal has become unstuck and Mr Caltabiano has got the sack."
Mr Emerson said Mr Ludwig's claims of a deal on the seat of Indooroopilly were fantasy.
"Mr Caltabiano lives on the other side of Brisbane, was a former member for Chatsworth, and has never to my knowledge expressed any interest in running for Indooroopilly," he told AAP in a statement.
"Bill is a constituent of mine and a Labor relic from the past, still creating mischief and unfortunately still misleading his members."
A spokesman for the minister later told AAP Mr Emerson ran for preselection in Indooroopilly before the 2006 election.
He said Mr Caltabiano had supported Mr Emerson's opponent, Peter Turner, in that pre-selection contest.
Mr Turner won the pre-selection battle by a handful of votes but could not take the seat from incumbent Ronan Lee.
Mr Emerson won pre-selection for the LNP before the 2009 election and has held the seat since then.
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