Bruce Flegg rejects claim he diagnosed Campbell Newman with bipolar disorder The mental health disorder bipolar has dominated Queensland politics this week. LNP MP Bruce Flegg was the latest to speak about the illness, when he told the parliament he had not diagnosed the premier with the condition. Federal MP Clive Palmer began making the claim in August, when he told a Sunshine Coast business breakfast that Dr Flegg and Palmer United Party Queensland leader Alex Douglas had urged Mr Newman to seek treatment. "He threw Alex out of the ethics committee and he got rid of Bruce Flegg out of the cabinet," Mr Palmer said then. Mr Palmer has since repeated his comments, both privately and publicly, recently describing Mr Newman as a "nice little fella with a bipolar condition that sometimes doesn't take his medication." On Tuesday, Mr Palmer said he had been misreported and "wasn't being derogatory about him having a bipolar condition, I was being derogative about the fact that he wasn't taking his medication." Mr Newman had previously labelled Mr Palmer's comments as "insensitive." Dr Flegg used parliamentary time on Wednesday to deny he had "formally, informally or socially" discussed "any matters in relation to the mental health of any member here." "I have not had a discussion with Mr Palmer about the Premier, or in fact, any other matter," he said. I was approached by a third party and offered a meeting with Mr Palmer in relation to membership of his party. I did not accept that invitation. Dr Flegg went on to urge Mr Palmer and "others who may be tempted" to not use mental health as an insult or political mud slinging, and "and most certainly do not try to justify that by verballing me as a medical practitioner." Dr Douglas, who in August said he he didn't diagnose Mr Newman but "described what I saw and what I saw was very, very, very odd" would not comment further, but said he stood by his original statement. Former Redcliffe MP and LNP member Scott Driscoll, who resigned from parliament on Tuesday following an adverse parliamentary ethics report against him, announced he had bipolar on Monday. Mr Driscoll said his medical condition prevented him from cooperating with the ethics committee review, submitting medical advice that he was unfit to do so. He has been called to face the Bar of the House on Thursday ahead of a parliamentary vote on whether to fine him $90,000 for contempt and misleading parliament. Mr Driscoll has not commented further on the committee's findings, but changed his Twitter avatar to the "Just Relax and Enjoy Retirement" meme on Tuesday night.