The Queensland premier has hinted her Labor backbencher Jo-Ann Miller should apologise for claiming Deputy Premier Jackie Trad was rash in her handling of corruption complaints against Ipswich City Council.
Ms Trad will write to Queensland's Speaker Curtis Pitt asking him to refer Ms Miller to the ethics committee for misleading parliament.
Ms Miller told state parliament last week "hundreds of complaints" had been ignored by Ms Trad during her period as local government minister between 2015 and 2017.
Her remarks came after Queensland Opposition Leader Deb Frecklington and two of her frontbenchers levelled similar claims at Ms Trad, based on a Right to Information request relating to complaints she received about the scandal-plagued council.
In Mackay on Monday, Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk distanced herself from the matter when questioned by reporters over whether she backed Ms Trad's move.
She later acknowledged all MPs were bound by parliamentary guidelines.
"What we saw the other day is three LNP senior members of the leadership team having to apologise for deliberately misleading the house, and that standard should apply to all members of parliament," she said.
Ms Trad said the "326 complaints" referred to by Ms Miller and the LNP referred to the number of pages in a document relating to just three accusations, which were all referred to the Crime and Corruption Commission.
Ms Frecklington, her deputy Tim Mander and education spokesman Jarrod Bleijie apologised for their comments minutes before parliament adjourned on Thursday.
Ms Trad has already indicated she will write to Mr Pitt asking him to refer the three MPs to the ethics committee.
But Ms Frecklington says Ms Trad's decision to also refer her party colleague revealed the division between Ms Miller and her Labor colleagues.
"Infighting between Jackie Trad and the Member for Bundamba appears to be something that we're getting used too," she said.
Australian Associated Press