Premier Campbell Newman dismisses Bruce Flegg recordings as tearoom gossip, vowing to sit tight in seat of Ashgrove THE possibility of swapping seats to another electorate for the next State Election has been ruled out by Premier Campbell Newman. Mr Newman this morning declared Ashgrove was the only seat for him following revelations the LNP had been discussing several options for Mr Newman's bid to enter the State arena at the 2012 election. I'm the member for Ashgrove. I love that part of Brisbane," Mr Newman said. I have been working very hard as the local member and that's the area I seek to be the ongoing representative for. The Courier-Mail has revealed party powerbrokers were caught on tape discussing several other options including Moggill MP Dr Bruce Flegg's seat as well as Aspley and Treasurer Tim Nicholls' seat of Clayfield. But Mr Newman said he ran in Ashgrove and ruled out switching seats in the future. "I put my hand up for a tough, safe Labor seat," he said. I had to convince the community in Ashgrove to actually vote out a popular local member. I went and put my hand up for that area because I wanted to represent it. I want to continue to represent it. I'm not a person who chops and changes. I'm not a political operative. Earlier today, Mr Newman likened tape recordings of discussions between Bruce Flegg and LNP officials to "tearoom gossip." The Crime and Misconduct Commission is now examining the recordings made by Dr Flegg in 2011, when he was allegedly offered alternative employment by party leaders to give up his seat of Moggill for Campbell Newman. The recordings are not believed to have been made available to the CMC when it first investigated allegations of bribery and inducement raised by former Treasurer Andrew Fraser in 2011. At the time, the CMC found there was no case to answer. Today on ABC radio, Campbell Newman said the CMC would investigate again if there was an issue. The CMC are independent, they're smart people down there. They'll investigate it," said Mr Newman. He rejected the revelations in the discussions in which Treasurer Tim Nicholls was described as "very, very lazy" and Communities Minister Tracy Davis was criticised for her credit card debt. "If I went to the tearoom of the ABC and listened to the scuttlebutt about what people think about each other or indeed any workplace, those are things, the thoughts of private individuals, and at the end of the day, they're gossip," the Premier said. It's not about what people think about one another, it's whether they can work together. I just say to people strip away any of this stuff and you'll see a government that is getting on with the job of rebuilding the state's economy and reforming the public service so that it is efficient and delivers for Queenslanders and that's what we're about. Overnight, it was reported that the CMC had been urged to hold an open inquiry into the covert recordings conducted by embattled LNP MP Bruce Flegg.