BRISBANE, Queensland, Jan. 31 -- The Queensland Cabinet issued text of the following statement:

Published Yesterday at 05:48 PM

Attorney-General and Minister for Justice and Minister for Integrity

The Honourable Deb Frecklington

Historic appointment of State's first Supreme Court reserve judges

* Crisafulli Government appoints Queensland's first-ever reserve judges to Supreme Court * Appointment of the Honourable Robert Gotterson AO KC and the Honourable Philip Morrison KC will help ease significant workload of the Supreme Court * The appointment may help ease the backlog on Court of Appeal and the Mental Health Court

The Crisafulli Government has appointed the first-ever reserve judges to the Supreme Court of Queensland.

The Honoura...