THE last day of parliamentary sittings for the year has climaxed with two Queensland government MPs quitting the Liberal National Party (LNP) to become independents.
Brisbane MP Carl Judge and Gold Coast MP Alex Douglas simultaneously threw in the towel on Thursday afternoon, both saying their decisions were made with heavy hearts.
Mr Judge, who represents Yeerongpilly, announced his decision during parliament while Dr Douglas addressed reporters outside the chamber.
"I simply cannot continue to serve this government and I cannot serve with people who lack respect, who want to yell abuse across the chamber, who won't allow mature debate to take place," Mr Judge said.
"I won't be part of that team."
He said he disagreed with the government's mass public service axing and believes it broke an election promise.
His resignation comes after government MPs voted to have him disendorsed from the party after he refused to pledge 100 per cent loyalty to Premier Campbell Newman.
Dr Douglas, who previously spoke out against the government's plans for a cruise ship terminal on the Gold Coast, said he was best suited to serve his electorate of Gaven as an independent.
He said the electorate did not want to see a "blunder through" method of governance.
"There are better ways of running government than this approach," he said.
Dr Douglas' dispute with the premier came to a head after he was taken off two committees, including an ethics committee that's investigating transport chief Michael Caltabiano.
He was appointed as chair on another committee but was stripped of that role as well, after warring with the government over the committee reshuffle.
Dr Douglas and Mr Judge were seen earlier lunching with mining magnate Clive Palmer who is considering launching his own party.
Mr Palmer threw in his LNP membership last week after a long-running war of words with the government's leaders.
On Saturday, Condamine MP Ray Hopper resigned from the LNP and joined Katter's Australian Party.
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