Mr Springborg abruptly ended campaigning in Cairns yesterday to console his wife Linda over the loss of her father, Ernest Kullrich.
Mr Springborg will today remain with his family, including his four young children, on their property at Yelarbon, south-west of Brisbane.
Deputy Nationals leader Jeff Seeney will take over campaigning for Mr Springborg.
Liberals leader Bruce Flegg said his colleague's family situation was more important than the immediate effect on their September 9 election campaign.
Dr Flegg said if Mr Springborg was unable to attend the Coalition's official launch on Sunday he would act as Opposition leader, while Mr Seeney said Mr Springborg would re-join the campaign on Saturday.
Premier Peter Beattie has rung Mr Springborg and his family to extend his sympathies and said he would suspend Labor campaign television ads that criticised Mr Springborg for 24 hours as a mark of respect.
Labor campaign launch
Federal Labor leader Kim Beazley will attend Mr Beattie’s official launch of Labor's campaign in Brisbane today.
Mr Beazley said long term plans such as the health action plan, the water grid and new policies including a $50 million plan to improve literacy would be outlined.
Beattie in winning position
Peter Beattie and the Labor Party are in a winning position 10 days out from the Queensland election, a new poll shows.
The latest Newspoll gives Labor 52 per cent of the primary vote - a result that would allow the party to build on its majority without having to rely on the preferences of minor parties, The Australian newspaper reported today.
Support for the Liberal Party is at 20 per cent, it's lowest level since the 2004 state election, while the Nationals are on 16 per cent.
The poll, conducted at the weekend with more than 1,000 voters, reveals Labor leads the two-party-preferred vote 58 to 42.
Mr Beattie's satisfaction rating is at 47 per cent, while Opposition Leader Lawrence Springborg's dissatisfaction rating is a record 45 per cent.
Support for the Greens is at just two per cent, equal to that of Family First.
If the results are carried through to the September 9 election, and Labor enjoys a statewide swing, the Beattie government would be returned with 62 of the 89 seats in parliament.
But long-term tracking by Newspoll shows Labor often squanders a strong lead developed mid-way through a campaign, the newspaper said.
MP withdraws
Queensland Independent MP Elisa Roberts has pulled out of running for the state election.
Ms Roberts, who won the seat for One Nation in 2001 before quitting the party, said in a statement she had faced six years of "denigration and lies" by her political enemies in the area and was taking valium to get through the day and sleeping tablets at night.
"This is no way to live one's life," she said.
The seat is tipped to go to the Nationals' David Gibson.