▁with ▁one ▁Independent , ▁L iz ▁C unning ham , ▁the ▁newly ▁elected ▁member ▁for ▁Glad stone . ▁C unning ham ▁announced ▁that ▁she ▁would ▁support ▁the ▁Co al ition , ▁and ▁Bor b idge ▁became ▁Premier . ▁ ▁Prem iers hip ▁ ▁Bor b idge ' s ▁government ▁im itated ▁that ▁of ▁G oss ▁when ▁it ▁initi ated ▁swe eping ▁changes ▁in ▁the ▁public ▁service ▁when ▁it ▁won ▁office . ▁In ▁some ▁cases , ▁figures ▁who ▁had ▁been ▁dem oted ▁or ▁dismiss ed ▁when ▁G oss ▁had ▁come ▁to ▁power ▁were ▁re inst ated ▁to ▁their ▁former ▁positions . ▁Bor b idge ▁was ▁critic ised ▁for ▁attempting ▁to ▁stack ▁the ▁public ▁service , ▁but ▁he ▁counter - al leg ed ▁that ▁the ▁public ▁service ▁was ▁already ▁subject ▁to ▁severe ▁Labor ▁bias . ▁ ▁The ▁Bor b idge ▁government ▁also ▁initi ated ▁changes ▁to ▁the ▁industrial ▁relations ▁system ▁by ▁introdu cing ▁Queensland ▁Work place ▁Ag re ements ▁( Q WA ' s ), ▁similar ▁to ▁the ▁Australian ▁Work place ▁Ag re ements ▁later ▁created ▁under ▁the ▁Federal ▁Liberal ▁government ▁of ▁John ▁Howard . ▁Bor b idge ▁also ▁supported ▁Howard ▁in ▁his ▁efforts ▁to ▁reform ▁Australian ▁gun ▁ownership ▁laws ▁after ▁the ▁Port ▁Arthur ▁mass acre , ▁a ▁move ▁that ▁brought ▁him ▁un pop ular ity ▁in ▁some ▁traditional ▁National ▁Party ▁qu arters . ▁When ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 7 ▁the ▁High ▁Court ▁of ▁Australia ▁expanded ▁the ▁recently ▁introduced ▁concept ▁of ▁Native ▁title ▁in ▁bringing ▁down ▁the ▁Wik ▁decision ▁( for ▁which ▁Bor b