Leadership question still dogs Liberal National Party in Queensland election campaign

QUEENSLAND'S would-be premier has made sure the federal opposition leader sticks to the script as leadership questions continue to dog the LNP.

QUEENSLAND'S would-be premier has made sure the federal opposition leader sticks to the script as leadership questions continue to dog the Liberal National Party.

LNP Leader Campbell Newman was on the campaign trail with Tony Abbott in Brisbane on Friday.

The inevitable question surfaced about who'll be premier if the LNP wins the March 24 poll but Mr Newman fails to take the Brisbane seat of Ashgrove.

Mr Abbott was asked if he would support parliamentary leader Jeff Seeney as premier, if Mr Newman failed in Ashgrove.

"I think Campbell Newman is going to be a great premier of Queensland,'' Mr Abbott replied, before describing Mr Seeney as a "magnificent human being''.

"He (Mr Seeney) is a great politician, he's a great member of parliament and he's going to be a great senior minister in Campbell Newman's government,'' Mr Abbott said.

But Mr Newman interjected when reporters began asking further questions, as if to prevent the federal opposition leader from revealing anything he shouldn't.

The party has bluntly refused to say who would be premier if Mr Newman fails. He needs a swing of 7.1 per cent in Ashgrove compared to the 4.6 per cent swing the LNP needs to win government.

"What he (the reporter) is not telling you is that he knows very clearly that Jeff ruled it out and we will not win this state election unless we win seats like Ashgrove,'' Mr Newman said as he interjected.

After a week that saw Labor mired in controversy over some of its candidates, the LNP had one of its own to deal with on Friday.

The party has disendorsed its second candidate for the Gold Coast seat of Broadwater after a member of the public made a complaint against him.

Lawyer Cameron Caldwell had replaced Richard Towson, who quit as the LNP's Broadwater candidate after he was caught drink driving.

"The decision arose following a complaint made by a member of the public to a senior party official,'' LNP state director Michael O'Dwyer said in a statement.

"Mr Caldwell was offered the chance to put forward his version of events, however, the nature of these matters were at conflict with the standards of the LNP.''

The nature of the complaint was not revealed.

The LNP has now endorsed a third candidate for the seat, Verity Barton.