LNP young gun suspended from party THE Liberal National Party has booted one of its young rising stars to the sidelines for six months over a drunken escapade involving missing footwear. Young LNP President Ben Riley's six-month suspension reportedly stems from an incident at the party's gala dinner last Friday night. He's said to have put on a pair of RM Williams boots he took from a display, spilled beer on them and the next day offered to pay for the missing shoes. An LNP spokesman has refused to comment on the incident or the punishment dished out. "The LNP doesn't comment on internal party matters," he told AAP. But Health Minister Lawrence Springborg said the party executive was right to hand out suspensions. "I don't get involved in day-to-day organisational issues of the party," he told reporters. But I just say that if people actually abuse the codes that have been put down by the LNP ... that is a matter for the organisation to deal with, and of course I support their actions.