"The police officer instantly knew who I was, thought it was a great joke that he had pulled over the Premier of Queensland, he proceeded to undertake and conduct that breath test and I’ve got no complaints. That is what this is about. People are pulled over everyday of the week for random breath testing right across Australia."

Mr Newman said his government's laws were "directed to a number of designated criminal gangs" and "honest Queenslanders" had nothing to worry about.

"How are they designated? They were designated on the advice of the Crime and Misconduct Commission, of the Queensland Police Service, indeed the Commissioner himself and the head of the CMC.

"Where did that information come from? From the Australian Crime Commissioner, the Australian Federal Police, other state police agencies, they will all tell you these organisations are criminal gangs. These criminal gangs are very well resourced, they are very well funded. Why? Because they sell drugs to kids, our kids.

"And they are employing right now, I know of at least one firm, that’s been used to undertake a public affairs campaign, to try and scare Queenslanders quite unreasonably that they are the target of these laws. They are not. Honest Queenslanders have nothing to fear and I just say to be people, don’t be conned by a very sophisticated campaign of spin."